40 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN PISHES, 



of the head one-fourth : the diameter of the eye is throe times 

 and two-thirds in the length of the head, equal to the extent of 

 the snout, but much less than the width of the interorbital space. 

 Mouth very protractile, oblique, with the jaws equal anteriorly ; 

 the maxillary extends to below the anterior margin of the eye. 

 Minute teeth in the jaws. The silvery band is narrow, occupying 

 the central half of the third series of scales. 

 North-west Coast of Australia. 



G16. Atiierixa stercus-muscarum, Gunth. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1867, Vol. XX., p. 64. 



D. 7. 1/8. A. 1/9. L. lat. 33. L. transv. 8 or 9. 



Origin of the spinous dorsal behind the root of the ventrals. 



The height of the body is contained four times and two-thirds in 



the total length (without caudal), length of the head thrice and 



two-thirds. Snout not much shorter than the eye. Dorsal spines 



feeble. Pectoral fin short, extending to the root of the ventral. 



A black band from the snout through the eye to the root of the 



pectoral. A silvery band along the fourth series of scales. Each 



scale with a black dot at the base. 



Cape York. Length two inches. 



617. Atiieroa sigxata, Gunth. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1867, Vol. XX., p. 61. 



Fseudomugil algnifcr, Kuer., Voy. Novara, p. 27o, pi. 13. 



D. 3. 1/6. A. 1/10. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 7. 



Origin of the first dorsal fin behind the root of the ventrals. 

 The height of the body is thrice and three-fourths in the total 

 length (without caudal), length of the head four times. Snout 

 obtuse, shorter than the eye. The three dorsal spines are united 

 into a narrow lobe, terminating in a long filament. Anterior 

 dorsal and anal rays, lobes of the caudal fin, and the ventrals 



