82 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



702. Labrichthys gymxogenis, Gunth. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 117. — Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 389. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 3/10. 



A posterior canine tooth. Cheek nearly naked, only a single 

 series of small scales descending from behind the eye to below 

 the infraorbital ring. Greenish (in a dried state), in life purplish 

 brown, with more or less numerous whitish-red spots, anal fin 

 with a dark longitudinal band ; vertical fins with a narrow dark 

 edge. 



Port Jackson. 



703. Labrichthys punctulata, Gunth. 

 Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 118. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3/10. 



A posterior canine tooth. Cheek nearly naked, some 

 rudimentary scales being situated near the limb of the prse- 

 operculum. Yellowish-olive (in a dried state) with numerous 

 bluish dots ; they are edged with brownish on the middle of the 

 length of the fish, and entirely brownish posteriorly on the tail. 



West Australia. 



704. Labrichthys Guntheri, Bleek. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes, app. Vol. IV., p. 507. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/10. L. lat. 26-27. 



A posterior canine tooth ; jaws with four canine teeth anteriorly. 

 Cheek with four series of scales ; tubules of the lateral lino 

 branched ; the scaly sheath of the dorsal and anal fins low. 

 Caudal fin convex, with the lobes not produced. Pose-coloured 

 olive, with six or seven indistinct brown cross-bands ; six brown 

 streaks radiate from the eye ; a deep blue spot between the first 

 and third dorsal spines and at the root of the pectoral fin superiorly; 



