26 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



at the base of the pectorals, and a series of silvery spots on the 

 sides. 



Port Jackson (Kner). Two inches long. 



591. Cristiceps pallpdus, n. sp. 

 D. 3/29/6. A. 26. V, 3. P. 10. 



Body compressed, height one-fifth of total length. The first 

 dorsal fin over the middle of the eye, and scarcely higher than 

 the last dorsal rays, which are longer than the first spines of the 

 second dorsal. Head rather depressed, flat between the eyes, 

 which space is less than the diameter of the orbit. Snout much 

 shorter than eye ; cleft of mouth oblique ; scales very small ; 

 lateral line marked with distant, elongate scales ; tail elongate. 

 Colour uniform pale reddish -yellow ; fins very pale yellow, and 

 immaculate. 



King George's Sound (Mad. Mus.) 



Genus Tripterygium, Pdsso. 



Body not very elongate, covered with rather small or with 

 scales of moderate size. Snout of moderate extent. Jaws with 

 a band of villiform teeth ; teeth on the palate. Three dorsal fins, 

 the two anterior spinous, the middle one longest. Ventrals 

 jugular with two soft rays. Six branchiostegals. Pseudobranchiae. 



European, New Zealand and Australian Coasts and Pavers. 



592. Tripterygium marmoratum, Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Yol III., p. 34, pi. 3, fig. 2. 

 King George's Sound (Macl. Mus.) 



593. Tripterygium atrigulare, Gunth. 

 Journal Mus., Godef., Heft. TV., p. 91. 



D. 3/12/8. A. 14. L. lat. 33. 



