326 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Height of body three times and a-half in the total length, the 

 length of the head is one-third of the same. Posterior limb of 

 prjBoperculum strongly denticulated, the inferior with three strong 

 spinous teeth, the anterior of which is the largest ; sub and 

 interoperculum entire. Brownish (in spirits), covered all over 

 with very small whitish, darker-edged specks. 



Norfolk Island. 



Genus Gtrammistes, Cuv. 

 Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villif orm, without canines, teeth 

 on the palatine bones, tongue smooth. Two dorsals, the first " 

 with seven spines. Anal spine none. Operculum and prae- 

 operculum spiniferous without serrature. Scales minute, 

 enveloped in the epidermis. 



Indian Seas. 



52. Grammistes orientalis, B1. 



Gunth. Cat. I., p. 171. 



D. 7. 1/13. A. 0/8. 



Body oblong, compressed ; caudal fin rounded. Prseoperculum 

 with three spines, tendi^il rudimentary. Black or blackish-brown, 

 generally with six or seven whitish longitudinal bands. 



North Australia. 



Genus Diploprion, Cuv. & Yal. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villiform without canines, teeth 

 on the palatine bones, tongue smooth. Two dorsals, the first 

 with eight spines. Anal with two. Operculum spiniferous, 

 preeoperculum with double denticulated limb. Scales smaU. 



Indian Seas. 



53. DiPLOPRION BIFASCIATUM, CuV. & Val. 



Gunth. Cat. I., p. 174. Bleek. Atl. Ichth., Perc, tab. 68, fig. 3. 

 D. 8. 15. A. 2/12. Vert. 12/13. Ceec. pylor. 3. 



