28 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Height of the body contained nine times and two-thirds in the 

 length without the caudal fin, length of the head about six times ; 

 lower jaw considerably longer than the upper ; teeth numerous, 

 conical, rounded at their extremity. A few very small scales 

 apart from one another on the posterior part of the head ; 

 operculum scaly ; body covered with rather small scales ; lateral 

 line emitting an abbreviated upper branch behind the operculum. 

 Colour obscure brown on the upper parts, dark yellow below. 



Gulf of Carpentaria (Castelnau). Length eleven inches. 



Genus Neogunellus, Casteln. 



Form elongate, rather compressed. Scales very small and 

 rudimentary. Vertical fins long, united to the caudal ; dorsal 

 entirely spinous ; vcntrals long, filamentary, of two rays. Teeth 

 numerous, thick, conical, the outer ones larger. Head small. 



One species from South Australia. 



596. Neogunellus sulcatus, Castelnau. 



Eescarches on the Pishes of Australia, p. 27. 



D. G7. A. 43. 



Height of body about eight times in the total length, length 

 of head six times and two thirds ; diameter of eye five times and 

 one-third in the length of the head. The dorsal spines are very 

 feeble, but the twenty-sixth and thirty-first are much stronger ; 

 caudal fin pointed, the middle rays being much the longest ; anal 

 long and formed of flexible spines. The male has the sexual 

 organ conspicuous, and a kind of thoracic corselet as in some of 

 the Scomlridce. Colour (in spirits) reddish-brown without spots 

 the vertical fins are black, and the lower part of tho head rather 

 livid. 



South Australia. Length about five inches. 



