106 DESCllirXIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



striated. The first few spines of the dorsal end in filaments ; the 

 caudal fin is truncate ; ventrals united at the base, of one spine 

 and four rays' Colour (in spirits) of a fleshy pink, with the sides 

 of the head brilliant ; no trace of coloured stripes on the head ; 

 the fins are yellow, with a black tinge on the anterior and 

 posterior parts of the dorsal ; the caudal has four transverse black 

 bands ; the anal with a broad, faint, black stripe along the 

 middle, and the second half of the ventral is of the same colour. 



South Australia. Length six inches. 



750. Heteroscartjs Castelnaui, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 36, pi. 5, fig. 2. 

 Port Jackson. 



Genus Odax, Cuv. & Val. 



Cheeks and opercles scaly ; scales of the body small or rather 

 small ; lateral line continuous ; Snout conical. The edge of each 

 jaw is sharp, cutting, without distinct teeth anteriorly ; the 

 dentigerous plate of the lower pharyngeal triangular, much 

 broader than long. 



Coasts of Australia and New Zealand. 



751. Odax baleatus, Cuv. & Val. 



Grunth., Cat. Pishes IV., p. 240. 



" Kelp Fish " of Tasmania. 



Odax algensis, Eichards., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1840, p. 26. 



I). 16-17/12. A. 3/12. L. lat. 39. L. transv. 4/13. Vert. 19/17. 



Prreoperculum finely serrated posteriorly. Sides of the head 

 with red and blue streaks ; dorsal and anal fins with dark purple 

 edges and with many very short, slender, oblique bars, regularly 

 crossing the rays. Specimens in spirits show a dark band running 

 from the snout, through the eye, to the curve of the lateral line, 



