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the dorsal and anal fins appear to have been yellow, on the first 

 of these there is a narrow black spot behind the first spine. 

 Length over eight inches. 



West Australia. 



733. Pseudojulis maculifer, Casteln. 

 Researches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 35. 



D. 9/11. A. 2/11. L. lat. 31. 



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

 length, exclusive of the caudal fin, the length of the head twice 

 and three-fourths in the same ; diameter of the eye one-fourth of 

 the length of the head ; the lateral line consists of twenty-four 

 scales before its deflection, and is formed of a succession of small 

 ridges which are bifid posteriorly. Colour yellowish-white : on 

 the head a round spot behind the eye, three bands — one oblique 

 before the eye and two angular on the cheeks — the end of the 

 operculum, and a few spots on the top of the head, black ; the 

 body has two very broad nebulous longitudinal bands with a black 

 spot at the base of the pectorals and another between the first 

 and third dorsal rays. Length three and a-half inches. 



Queensland. 



Genus Jtjlis, Cuv. & Val. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size ; 

 head entirely naked ; lateral line not interrupted ; snout of 

 moderate extent, not produced ; no posterior canine teeth. Dorsal 

 spines eight. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. 



734. Julis aneitensis, Gunth. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 183. 



D. 9/11. A. 3/11. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 3/9. 



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