58 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OE AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Ground colour light brown or brown, with three broad white 

 cross-bands, edged with black ; the anterior is curved and encircles 

 completely the hind part of the head, its convexity being directed 

 backwards; ihe middle descends from the notch of the dorsal fin 

 to the vent, and is angularly produced on the middle of the side ; 

 the posterior encircles the free part of the tail ; fins with a black 

 and white margin. The dorsal spines are moderately long and 

 strong, the posterior ones much shorter than the middle ones, 

 there being a deep notch between the spinous and soft portions. 

 The height of the body is two-fifths of the length, (caudal fin 

 excluded). 



North Australian Seas. Darnley Island. 



656. A>iriirpRioN bictnctus, Iiupp. 

 Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 8. 



B. 5. D. 10/16. A. 2/14. L, lat. 58. L. transv. 8/20. 



Brownish, with two white cross-bands, one across the head and 

 nock, the other across the middle of the body ; the soft dorsal fin 

 is greenish, the others yellow, the ventral having the outer margin 

 brown. Caudal fin emarginate, sometimes with the upper lobe 

 produced. Dorsal fin scarcely notched, with the spines of 

 moderate strength and length. The height of the body is one- 

 half or a little more than one-half the length, (exclusive of the 

 caudal fin). 



Port Darwin. 



657. AiirnirnioN melanotus, Block. 

 Atl. Ichth. Pomac.,Tab. 2, fig. 7.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 8. 



D. 10/17. A. 2/14. L. lat 48-50. L. transv. 5/18. 



Brownish black, lighter anteriorly, with a pearl-coloured band 

 from the neck to the opcrcles ; tail yellow posteriorly ; ventral 

 and anal fins black ; dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins yellow. 



