72 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN PISHES, 



Genus Cilerops, Biipp. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with rather large scales ; 

 snout obtuse ; cheeks high, with very small scales which are 

 generally not imbricate ; operculum scaly. Each jaw anteriorly 

 with four strong canine teeth, the lateral teeth being more or less 

 confluent into an obtuse osseous ridge. Dorsal spines thirteen, 

 anal three. Lateral line not interrupted. 



Indian and Australian seas. 



681. Ch/Erops macrodon, Bleek. 



G-unth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 94.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Labr., tab. 



47., fig. 1. 



D. 13/7. A. 3/9. L. lat. 32. 



A posterior canine tooth. Serrature of the prreoperculum 

 minute in young specimens, and lost with age. Head obtuse, 

 with the forehead elevated, its length being two-sevenths of the 

 total. Scales on the cheek subimbricated. Ground colour of the 

 head and of the back darker than that of the posterior and inferior 

 parts and dotted with red ; a more or less distinct white blotch 

 below the lateral line, covered by the hinder third of the pectoral 

 fin. Dorsal fin blue, with orange-coloured spots along the base, 

 and with two bands of the same colour along the middle ; anal 

 blue, reticulated with orange ; caudal greenish ; pectoral yellow, 

 dark blue at base. 



North Coast of Australia. 



682. Cu/EROPS ommopterus, Bichards. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 94. 



Chccrojis Schonlcinii, Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Labr., tab. 46, fig. 3. 



D. 13/7. A. 3/10. L. lat. 29. L. trans. 4/12. 



No posterior canine tooth. Serrature of the prajoj^erculum 

 very distinct. Head obtuse, as high as long ; prasorbital very 

 high ; scales on the cheek not imbricate. Green, each scale 



