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red, witli a broad external blue circle ; dorsal and anal fins of a 

 light blue colour, covered with oblique scarlet lines, border black ; 

 the other fins black. 



Port Phillip. 



7.37. Odax pusillus, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Vict., Vol. II., p. 72. — Eesearches on the Fishes 



of Australia, p. 36. 



D. 28. A. 15. P. 15. 



Height of body one-sixth of the total length. Scales large ; 

 prseoperculimi ciliated ; caudal fin pointed, the middle rays being 

 the longest. Colour lilac, with a faint but broad band from the 

 mouth, over the eye, to the base of the caudal fin. 



South Australia. Length three inches. 



758. Odax Wateriiousei, Casteln. 



Ncodax Wateriiousei, Casteln., Pes. Pishes Aust. p 37. 

 D. 27. A. 14. 



Body elongate ; eye rather large ; praeoperculum serrated ; 

 dorsal fin of very flexible rays. Caudal fin rounded ; scales 

 moderate ; several series of scales on the cheeks. General colour 

 (in spirits) yellowish-pink, with a faint longitudinal and rather 

 obscure streak on each side of the body, and of the head ; fins 

 yellow. 



South Australia. Length about two inches. 



Count Castelnau formed the genus Neodax for this species, and 

 others of the genus Odax, having a serrated prseoperculum and 

 soft flexible dorsal fin. I scarcely think the genus is necessary. 



759. Odax brunnetts, n. sp. 

 D. 28. A. 14. L. lat. 30. 



