90 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Height of body about one-fourth of the total length ; head 

 slightly convex and swollen looking between and in front of the 

 eyes ; lips large ; teeth strong and acute, two posterior canines 

 on each side, numerous small asperities on the head ; four series 

 of small scales on the cheeks under the eyes ; tubules of the 

 lateral line much branched with long foot stalks ; caudal fin sub- 

 truncate, the lobes very slightly produced. Colour (in spirits) 

 yellowish-red, with the basal portion of all the scales of a brilliant 

 pinkish-red, with the appearance of a few paler or pearly longi- 

 tudinal stripes ; the fins are paler ; a deep bluish-black patch on 

 the back at the base of the three last dorsal rays, and a trace of 

 another spot behind it on the free part of the tail. Length nine 

 inches. 



King George's Sound. 



Genus Toeresia, Castelnau. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with large scales ; cheek 

 and operclos scaly ; prasoperculum serrated ; dorsal fin with 

 thirteen spines. 



Australia. 



721. Torresia australis, Casteln. 

 Eesearches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 36. 



D. 13/7. A. 3/10. L. lat. 28. 



Convex profile ; height of body twice and two-thirds of the 

 length (exclusive of caudal fin); and about equal to the length of 

 the head ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the length of 

 the head ; teeth equal, of moderate size, and in a single series ; 

 four canines in the upper jaw and six in the lower ; the two front 

 ones of the upper jaw much the largest ; no posterior canine teeth. 

 Colour olive-green ; head with throe abbreviated, longitudinal 

 blue stripes, bordered with black ; a large round black blotch on 



