84 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISIIES, 



the operculum, and two broad transverse "bands on the body, one 

 from the third or fourth dorsal spine, the other behind ; a few 

 dark spots on the fifth, sixth, and seventh dorsal spines ; caudal 

 fin with a posterior orange margin. 



Port Phillip. Length fourteen inches. 



707. Labriciithys ephippium, Gunth. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist , 1863, Vol. XI., p. 116. 



Lahrichthjs vestita, Casteln., Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. I., 



p. 151. 



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



A posterior [canine tooth. Cheek with three series of very 

 small scales. Base of dorsal fin not scaly. Each tube of the 

 scales of the lateral line with numerous branches. Coloration in 

 a dried specimen : back violet-olive to the end of the spinous 

 dorsal fin ; head, belly, and tail reddish, the latter with a broad 

 violet-olive band between the posterior halves of the soft dorsal 

 and anal fins. A blackish spot behind the operculum ; the 

 pectoral, ventral, caudal, and spinous dorsal fins reddish or 

 yellowish ; the first with a black spot superiorly in the axil ; the 

 soft dorsal and the anal blackish-violet. 



Port Phillip. Length seventeen inches. 



This is not Labrus ephippium of Cuv. and Val., as Dr. G-unther 

 seems to think. 



708. Labrichthys Cuvieri, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, Vol. II., p. 53. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 27. 



No posterior canine teeth ; a well formed inner series of teeth 

 in the upper jaw. Profile of head not very convex ; head rugose ; 

 cheeks with a narrow band formed of two series of scales ; no 

 scales on base of dorsal fin. Colour greenish, with two broad 

 red transverse bands, the second nearly covering the posterior 



