330 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISIIES, 



green, spotted in cross-rows with umber-brown ; the pectorals 

 have a neutral tint ; the dorsal and anal are yellow, with three 

 rows of black specks between the bases of the rays, and four rows 

 of pale specks disposed in pairs between the tips of the rays. 



Coasts of Australia. Length four inches. 

 Only known from a drawing by Mr. Ferdinand Bauer in Dr. 

 Brown's possession. 



1028. Monacanthus distortus, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. II., p. 14G. 



D. 27-28. A. 27-28. P. 10. C. 15. 



The upper profile of the head straight and oblique up to the 

 dorsal spine, behind this a lai-ge gap or emargination, and behind 

 this the back is very elevated and gibbous ; the lower profile is 

 developed into a large rounded ventral pouch, without ventral 

 spine, behind the ventral pouch there is a large gap or emargi- 

 nation similar and opposite to that on the back. The height of the 

 body at the dorsal spine is nine-tenths of the total length, the 

 height a little further back at the depression, is two-thirds of 

 the same ; the eye is nearly as long as the muzzle. The dorsal 

 spine is sleuder, arched, pointed, covered with short spinous 

 bristles, and inserted over the posterior third of the eye. The 

 skin is entirely covered with very short spines, which become 

 longer and more slender on the tail. Colour brown with the 

 fins yellow. 



West Australia. Length two and a half inches. 



2. Anal fin with forty or more rays. 



1029. MONACANTIIUS MACRURUS, 11. Sp. 



D. 42. A. 46. C. 8. P. 14. 

 Body elongate ; the height about one-sixth of the total length. 

 Snout very long, about six times the diameter of the eye in 



