91 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



length ; the caudal fin not included ; the tubules on the lateral 

 line are much branched, nearly covering the whole scale ; caudal 

 fin rounded. General colour green, with numerous crimson spots 

 on the body, but not on the head ; the opercle is whitish ; the 

 lower parts are pink, with a large rounded silvery spot on each 

 scale ; the dorsal fin is red with the spines spotted with brown, 

 the soft portion has its external half green ; caudal green ; anal 

 similar to soft dorsal ; ventrals white ; pectorals of the same 

 colour, with the outer half pink. 



South Australia. 



Genus Stetiiojulis, Gunth. 

 Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size ; 

 head entirely naked ; lateral line not interrupted ; scales on the 

 thorax as large as, or larger than, those on the side of the body. 

 A posterior canine tooth. Dorsal spines nine. 



Indian and Pacific Seas. 



728. Stetiiojulis strigiventer, Benn. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 140.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Lab., tab. 



43, fig. 1. 

 D. 9/11. A. 2/11. L. lat. 26. L. trans. 2/9. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length, the 

 length of the head two-sevenths ; caudal fin rounded ; ventral 

 rather short. Greenish : lower parts of the sides with several yelloio 

 longitudinal lines and with some black dots ; a brownish band from 

 the mouth below the eye to the operculum ; a black dot at the 

 base of the penultimate dorsal ray ; sometimes a small black spot 

 on the base of the caudal fin. 



Low Island (Chevert Exp.) 



Genus Platyglossus, Bleek. 

 Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size 

 (L. lat. 30. or less) ; head naked ; lateral line not interrupted ; 



