BY V. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 11 



561. Salaeias Dussumieei, Cuv. & Val. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 251. 



D. 12/20. A. 22. 



Height of hodji one-sixth or one-seventh of the total length. 

 A short fringed tentacle above the orbit and at the nostril. No 

 canine teeth. The dorsal fin deeply notched, extending to the 

 caudal. Brownish, indistinctly marbled with reddish-brown ; the 

 rays of the dorsal and caudal fins dotted with brown ; anal 

 greyish, with blackish margin. (In life, green, with rose-coloured 

 dots.— Val.) 



Port Essington. 



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562. Salaeias heleageis, Cuv. & Val. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 256. 



D. 12/20. A. 22. Vert. 11/26-17. 



The height of the body is contained six times or six times and 

 a-half in the total length ; the length of the head five times and 

 a-half. A crest on the head, a fringed tentacle half as high as 

 as the head, above the orbit, another small one at the nostril. 

 No canine teeth ; dorsal fin deeply notched, extending on to the 

 caudal ; the posterior portion lower than the body, but higher 

 than the anterior portion. Grejush, with pairs of indistinct, 

 brownish, vertical bands, and with round white dots ; the dorsal 

 fin with oblique stripes ; anal blackish, with white spots. 



Tasmania (Cuv. & Val.), Cape York (Gunther), Nepean Island 

 (Chevert Exp.) mistaken for S. biseriatus. 



563. Salaeias llxeolatus, All. & Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 336, pi. 13, fig. 2. 

 Darnley Island (Chevert Exp.) 



564. Salaeias geminatus, All. & Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 336, pi. 13, fig. 3. 



Torres Straits (Chevert Exp.) 



