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and anal fins form an angular point ; caudal deeply forked, with 

 the lobes more or less produced into filaments. Violet ; tail and 

 caudal fin orange-coloured ; the scales on the head and tail -with 

 a blue dot, those on the trunk with a transverse streak ; a blue 

 ocellus edged with brown at the origin of the lateral line. Dorsal 

 fin brownish-violet, yellow posteriorly ; anal brownish-yellow ; 

 pectoral with a large brown spot superiorly at the base. 



Cape G-renville (Chevert Exp.) 



676. Glypiiidodon Victoria, Gunth. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1873, Vol. XI., p. 115. — Castelnau, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. I., p. 146. 



"Rock Perch" of the Melbourne Fishermen. 



D. 13/17. A. 2/15. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 4/10. 



The height of the body is somewhat less than one-half of the 

 length (without the caudal fin). Teeth narrow, not emarginate, 

 twenty-one on each side of the upper jaw. Infraorbital scaly ; 

 the width of the praeorbital is two-thirds of that of the orbit. 

 Five or six series of small scales on the cheek. Vertical fins scaly 

 nearly to their margins. The third and seventh dorsal spines 

 nearly equal, one-half the length of the head. Caudal fin forked. 

 Reddish-violet (in a dried state); fins yellowish ; a broad purplish 

 white stripe round the operculum. 



Port Phillip. Length eight to ten inches. 



Ghjpliisodon nigroris, Cuv. and Val. belongs evidently to the 

 vegetable feeding division of the Sjxiridce ; Dr. Gunthor refers 

 it to the genus Jfelambajjhcs, described by him in " Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., 1863, Vol. XL, p. 115. 



Genus Parma, Gunth. 



Pra>operculum not denticulated. Teeth compressed, in a single 

 series. Dorsal fin with twelve or thirteen spines, anal with two. 

 Scales of moderate size, in more than thirty transverse series ; 



