324 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Tliis is the " Wirrah" of the aborigines, a common fisli, but 

 valueless for food. 



47. Plectropoma cinctum, Guntli. 



Guntb. Cat. I., p. 162. 



D. 13/15. A. 3/9. L. lat. 100. 



Height of body three times and one-third in the total length, the 

 length of the head is one-third of the same. Preeoperculum 

 strongly serrated, with three large spinous teeth on the lower 

 limb, the anterior of which is the strongest. Caudal fin rather 

 rounded. Eeddish brown, with six dark brown cross-bands 

 encircling the body and tail : sides of the head with two bands 

 of the same colour from the eye to the opercles, fins black, whitish 

 edged. 



Norfolk Island. 



48. Plectropoma serratum, Cuv. & Val. 



Gunth. Cat. I., p. 163. Dum. D'Urv. Voy. Pole Sud., pi. 3, fig. 1. 



D. 13/16. A. 3/9. C»c. pylor. 8. 



Preeoperculum strongly serrated behind, with two large spinous 

 teeth below, the anterior one strongest. Caudal fin truncate. 

 Brown ; an oblique blackish band from the eye to the angle of 

 the prajoperculimi, and some black spots on the sides of the body. 



King George's Sound. 



49. Plectropoma Eichardsoxii, Gunth. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1861, p. 391, pi. 38. 



D. 10/18. A. 3/8. L. lat. 105. 



This species seems to differ from F. dentex chiefiy in colour. 



The dentition is very strong, the preeoperculum is rounded, finely 



serrated posteriorly, and with one small spine pointing forwards 



in the middle of the inferior limb. Caudal fin truncate. Upper 



