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NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES. 

 By J. Douglas Ogilby. 



Harengula stereolepis, sp.nov. 



Sjn-atelloides delicatulus (not Bennett), Alleyne ik Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, i. 1877, p. 350. 



D. 15-17. A. 16. Sc. 45/12. 



Dorsal and \entral profiles about equally convex. Depth of 

 l)ody 3.^^ to 3|, length of head 3| to 4 in the total length; width 

 of body 2\ to 2J in its depth; depth of head li to ly^Q-, width of 

 head 2-i- to 2\, of iuterorbital region 4 to 4 J, diameter of eye 24 

 to 3 in the length of the head; snout i to ^ of a diameter shorter 

 than the eye. Maxillary extending to the vertical from the 

 anterior border of the pupil, its length 2J„ to 2^ in that of the 

 head, its width 2^ to 2| in its length. 32 or 33 gill-rakers on the 

 lower branch of the anterior arch, the longest ly^ to 2 in the 

 diameter of the eye (5^ to 6 in the head). Dorsal fin originating 

 i to ^ nearer to the extremity of the snout than to the base of 

 the caudal fin, its height y\j- to i more than its length, and \'l to 

 H in the head : length of anal slightly' less than that of dorsal; 

 ventral inserted below or a little in advance of the middle of the 

 dorsal, and midway between the tip of the mandible and the base 

 of the caudal or a little nearer to the latter, its length 2 to 21 in 

 the head: pectoral with 15 or 16 rays, originating below the 

 angle of the subopercle, 1^ to \\ in the head : lower caudal lobe 

 a little the longer, 3| to 4 in the total length. Scales firmlj' 

 adherent, each with four or five vertical strije and indistinctly 

 pectinated margin; accessory scale of ventral lanceolate, 2|^ to 3i 

 in the length of the head; abdominal scutes strong, 1 9 -f- 1 3. Upper 

 surface of head rugose; parietal and postfrontal regions striated; 

 opercle smooth. Vertebrje 45. 



