12 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



565. 8 at.a -r.tas irroratus, All. & Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. L, p. 337, pi. 13, fig 4. 



Low Island (Chevert Exp.) 



566. Salarias filaatextosus, All. & Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 337, pi. 14, fig. 1. 

 Cape York (Chevert Exp.) 



567. Salarias auridexs, All. & Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. L, p. 338, pi. 14. fig. 2. 

 Darnley Island (Chevert Exp.) 



568. Salarias cristicers, All. & Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, Vol. I., 338, pi. 14, fig. 3. 

 Darnley Island (Chevert Exp.) 



569. Salarias Sraldixgi, Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. II., p. 358, pi. 9, fig. 4. 

 Port Darwin (Macl. Mus.) 



570. Salarias Ciieverti, n. sp. 



D. 12/20. A. 20. 



Height of body about equal to the length of the head, and 

 one-sixth of the total length. Eyes prominent on the upper 

 angle of the head, less than their diameter apart ; face perpen- 

 dicular, gape of mouth wide, a tentacle above the eyes, of about 

 half their diameter in length, and ending in a single filament. 

 The dorsal fin notched to about half its depth, the ventrals with 

 two rays, fleshy and nearly equal in length ; pectorals broad, of 

 fourteen simple rays. Colour in spirits, bluish-brown, with the 

 fins yellow, the dorsal and caudal spotted with brown ; very pot 

 bellied. 



Darnley Islaud (Chevert Exp.) 



