88 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Body much, compressed ; snout rather pointed, its length from 

 the eye equal to two diameters of the orbit ; posterior canine 

 teeth very small; anterior — two in the upper jaw and four in the 

 lower, the two middle ones received between those of the upper 

 jaw. Head rugose ; four series of scales on the cheek below the 

 eye, reduced to two series of larger scales behind the eye ; scales 

 on the operculum large ; those on the body larger, with many 

 radiating strise ; tubes of lateral line long, with two branchlets at 

 the extremity on the body, and without branchlets towards the 

 tail ; caudal fin subtruncate ; dorsal scales extending on to base 

 of dorsal fin. Colour (in spirits) uniform dull reddish-brown, 

 with the outer half of the fins much paler ; a black blotch between 

 the second and third dorsal spines. 



Port Jackson. Length seven inches. 



717. Labriciithys labiosa, n. sp., (Plate I., fig. 2. 



D. 9/11. A. 2/10. L. lat. 25. 



Oblong, the length of the body about one-fourth of the total 

 length. Snout rather short ; lips fleshy ; mouth protractile ; a 

 posterior canine tooth, the others strong and conical, the anterior 

 pair in each jaw longer ; three series of scales on the cheek ; 

 scales of the lateral line with the tubes six-branched ; caudal fin 

 truncate, with the angles rounded, and the rays clothed with 

 elongate scales to near the apex. Spines and raj^s of the dorsal 

 and anal fins soft, and enveloped in a dense membrane without 

 scales. Colour (in spirits) yellowish, with a more or less distinct 

 brown stripe from the eye to the tail and another (broader) from 

 the operculum to the tail, there are also some indistinct cross- 

 bands on the body. The dorsal fin has a blackish blotch near 

 its commencement and a series of round black spots along its 

 base. 



Port Jackson. 



