BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 



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

 about equal to the length of the head. The profile rises in a 

 concave line at an angle of 30° from the acute snout to above the 

 back of the orbit, from that to the commencement of the dorsal 

 fin the profile almost horizontal. The lateral teeth are widely set, 

 six on each upper jaw and fourteen on each lower. The pra> 

 orbital and lower jaw are without scales ; the posterior line of 

 the praeoperculum is finely serrated ; there are six rows of scales 

 on the cheek and on the interoperculum, those on the disk of the 

 praeoperculum are smaller than these, and those on the operculum 

 and suboperculum larger. L. lat. 30. The first dorsal spine 

 stands over the axil of the ventrals, and the ventral spine beneath 

 the base of the lowest pectoral ray. The soft parts of the dorsal 

 and anal fins are somewhat peaked and rise above the spines. The 

 angles of the caudal project a little beyond the straight inter- 

 mediate border. Colour uniform, faded. 



Australia. Length sixteen inches. 



The above is a curtailed description of this Fish as given by 

 Sir John Richardson. It seems to resemble very closely the next 

 species. 



692. COSSYPHUS UXIMACULATTJS, Guiltll. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 109. 



"Pig Fish " of Sydney Fishermen. 



D. 12/11. A. 3/12. L. lat. 36. L. trans. 6/12. 



Snout pointed, its length being more than one-third of the head ; 

 head longer than high ; praeoperculum minutely serrated,'; pectoral 

 fin obliquely rounded, more than half the length of the head ; 

 the ventral longer, the first ray produced. The dorsal fin increases 

 gradually in height from the first spine to the seventh soft ray, 

 the last spine is twice as long as the first and equal to the ventral 

 spine. The anal spines are exceedingly strong, the third longest, 

 nearly as long as the twelfth dorsal spine ; the longest ray of the 



