BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 125 



B. 7. D. 70. A. 56. L. lat. 75. 



The height of the body is one-half or less, of the length (caudal 

 fin excluded); the length of the head two-sevenths of the same. 

 Scales ciliated, those on the cheeks and anterior part of body, 

 smaller than those on the tail ; interorbital ridge very narrow 

 and naked ; no spines or tubercles along the lateral line or base 

 of the fins. Lateral line with a semicircular curve over the 

 pectoral fins. Snout a little longer than the orbit, the diameter 

 of which is one-fifth or one-sixth of the length of the head. 

 Lower jaw prominent ; the length of the maxillary is two-fifths of 

 that of the head. Teeth conical, pointed. Upper jaw with two 

 or three pairs of strong teeth in front, and a series of very small 

 ones laterally ; lower jaw with about five strongly widely set 

 teeth on each side. Front margins of the orbits nearly on the 

 same level. Each fin-ray has a series of small smooth scales, and 

 the anterior rays of the dorsal and anal have their tips prolonged 

 beyond their membranes ; the distance of the dorsal from the 

 caudal is one-third of the depth of the free portion of the tail ; 

 the longest dorsal rays are in the posterior third of the fin ; the 

 pectoral is not quite twice as long as the ventral. Gill-rakers 

 compressed, lanceolate, at moderate distances, half as long as the 

 orbit. Yellowish-brown, generally with two or three dark spots 

 on the lateral line. 



Port Jackson. Port Essington. 



781. PSEUDORHOMBUS MULTIMACULATUS, Gimth. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 427. 

 D. 71. A. 55. L. lat. 78. 



The height of the body is contained once and three-fourths to 

 once and four-fifths in the length, caudal fin excluded ; the length 

 of the head thrice and a-half in the same. Scales ciliated. Eyes 

 very close together, with an elevated, naked ridge between. 

 Snout very short, as long as the eye, the jaws equal anteriorly ; 



