80 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



697. Labriciitiiys inscripta, Richards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 134, pi. 56, f. 1-2.— Gunth., Cat. 



Fishes IV., p. 115. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L.lat.25-27. L. transv. 3/9. 



A posterior canine tooth. The anterior pair of mandibulary 

 teeth long, subhorizontal. Cheek with five to seven series of 

 small scales. Dark brown, with a pale mark on each scale, 

 bearing some resemblance to the characters of the Persian alphabet. 

 Some dark marks on the cheek and prreoperculum, and one on 

 the base of the pectoral fin ; the membrane connecting the three 

 first dorsal spines is blackish, sometimes with pale specks. Anal 

 fin uniform, or with many pale specks. 



Norfolk Island. 



698. Labriciitiiys laticlavius, Eichards. 



Toy. Erebus and Terror, p. 128, pi. 56, f. 3-6.— Gunth., Cat. 



Fishes 17., p. 115. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 3/9. Vert. 9/16. 



A posterior canine tooth. Two anterior canine teeth in each 

 jaw. Caudal fin rounded. Green, with two red (blackish in 

 spirits) longitudinal bands, which are confluent on the side of the 

 tail ; another, rather indistinct and interrupted, along the lower 

 side of the tail. Dorsal and caudal fins purplish, edged with 

 vermilion and blue, and spotted posteriorly with round blue spots. 

 The anal fin has along the base a narrow vermilion stripe, then 

 a broad yellow one, edged above and below with blue, and lastly 

 a band of purple, spotted thickly with blue and edged with the 

 same. 



Tasmania. King George's Sound. Port Jackson. 



699. Labriciitiiys luculenta, Richards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 130.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 116. 

 D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 3/7. 



