BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 313 



the greater part with, scales. Vomerine teetli iu a quadrangular 

 patch. Coloration uniform red. 



Port Jackson. 



Genus Neoaxthias, Casteln. 



Seven branchiostegals, teeth villiform, without canines in either 

 jaw, but with an outer line of larger teeth in front ; teeth on the 

 palatine bones and on the tongue. One dorsal fin with ten spines, 

 anal with three. Operculum with two flat spines, preeoperculum 

 finely and equally serrated, scales large ; no denticulations on the 

 pr?eorbital ; some of the pectoral rays elongate. 



Australia. 



19. Neoanthias Giin'Theri, Oasteln. 



Pro. Linn. Soc, N.S. Wales, Yol. III., p. 367. 



A full description is given by Count Castelnau, (he. cit.J of 

 this beautiful fish, which is occasionally taken outside the heads 

 of Port Jackson. 



Genus Serraxus, Cuv. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villiform, with very distinct 

 canines in both jaws ; teeth on the palatine bones ; tongue smooth. 

 One dorsal fin, mostly with nine or eleven, rarely with eight, ten 

 or twelve spines ; anal fin with three. Operculum with two or 

 three acute points ; prpeoperculum more or less serrated, icitJiout 

 spinous teeth on the lower limb. Scales suialJ. 



Temperate and Tropical seas. 



20. Serraxus australis, Casteln. 



Eesearches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 7. 



D. 11/13. A. 3/8. 



Body compressed, ovate, rather high, with the anterior profile 

 very acute ; lower jaw longer than the upper; caudal fin rounded 



