130 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISIIES, 



786. ElIOMBOSOLEA TAPIRANA, Gunth. 



Ghinth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 459. 



B. 6. D. 66. A. 50. 



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

 the length (without caudal), the length of the head nearly three 

 times. Eyes separated by a very narrow ridge, the lower being 

 slightly in advance of the upper. Snout as long as the eye, the 

 diameter of which is one-fifth of the length of the head ; the 

 maxillary of the right side extends to below the anterior margin 

 of the eye ; teeth in very narrow bands; jaws equal in front, 

 oveidapped anteriorly by a cutaneous flap half as long as the eye. 

 Gill-opening and ventral fin as in li. monopus. The dorsal fin 

 commences at the base of the rostral flap, and terminates close 

 by the caudal ; the two anterior dorsal rays are prolonged beyond 

 the connecting membrane, but are much shorter than the longest 

 rays, which are behind the middle of the fin. Caudal fin slightly 

 rounded, its length being contained five times and a-half in the 

 total. The pectoral is little more than half the length of the head. 

 Brown (in spirits), marbled with darker, and spotted with white. 



King George's Sound. Tasmania. 



787. ElIOMBOSOLEA LEPORI> T A, Gimth. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 460. 



B. 6-7. D. 65. A. 43. 



The height of the body is contained twice and a-third in the 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head four times. Eyes 

 separated by a naked space, the width of which is less than the 

 vertical diameter of the eye. The lower eye is in advance of the 

 upper. Snout longer than the eye, the diameter of which is one- 

 seventh or one-eighth of the length of the head. The maxillary 

 of the right side extends to below the anterior margin of the eye ; 

 teeth in rather broad bands. The upper iaw slightly overlaps 

 the lower, which is received in a notch of the upper lip. The 



