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part of the head, cheeks, back of the trunk, and the spinous 

 dorsal, bright red, the remainder of the fish yellow, with a very 

 broad, irregular, brown band from the axil to the lower half of 

 the caudal. Irregular small blue spots, mostly edged with brown 

 are scattered over the head and upper parts of the body, and 

 some large dark brown spots on the brown band. Fins immaculate, 

 except the spinous dorsal, which has a few small blue spots. 



Freemantle, West Australia. 



50. Plectropoma vaeiegatum, Casteln. 



Researches Fishes of Aust. p. 7. 



" Lateral line continued on the caudal fin ; teeth rather long, 

 conical, sharp, distant one from the other, with a second and 

 internal series of others almost similar, forming two bunches in 

 front ; two very large canines in front of each jaw ; a transverse 

 line of very fine teeth on the palate and vomer having the form of a 

 V ; mouth very large ; praeoperculum very finely serrated behind 

 with three strong notches beneath ; one dorsal formed of a low 

 spinous portion with seven spines, and of a soft one much higher, 

 having one spine and seven rays ; the caudal is strongly emarginate; 

 the anal is formed of three feeble spines and of seven rays ; scales 

 of the body very small ; the general colour is brown, covered 

 with darker transverse narrow lines ; similar lines are disposed 

 obliquely on the cheeks and on the opercles ; the fins are spotted 

 with black ; the pectorals are black, with their posterior third 

 white. Fifteen inches long. Cape York." 



Genus Trachypoma, Gunth. 

 Like Pledropoma, but without canine teeth. 

 Pacific. 



51. Trachypoma macracanthus. 



Gunth. Cat. I., p. 167, pi. 13, fig. b. 



D. 12/14. A. 3/6. L. lat. Qb. Ceec. pylor. 13. 



