328 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



55. Gexyoroge Seb.^, Cuv. & Val. 



Gimtli. Cat. I., p. 176. Bleek. Atl. Iclitli. Perc, tab 72, fig. 2. 



D. 11/16. A. 3 9-11. L. lat. 40. CEec.pylor. 4. Yert. 10/14. 



Head one-tliird of the total length, equal to the height of the 

 body ; the diameter of the eye is four times and a-half in the 

 length of the head ; prseoperculum serrated behind and below ; 

 caudal fin emarginate. Colour yellowish, with three broad, 

 blackish (reddish violet) cross bands. 



North Australia. Percy Islands. 



56. Genyoroge bengalensis, B1. 



Gunth. Cat. I., p. 178. Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc. tab 55, fig. 4. 



D. 10/15-16, vel. 11/14-15. A. 3/8-9. 



The length of the head is equal to the height of the body, and 

 three times and a-half in the total length ; the diameter of the 

 eye is three times and a-half in the length of the head. Prse- 

 operculum denticulated behind and below. Caudal fin emarginate. 

 Colour yellowish, on each side four or five blue longitudinal bands. 



Port Jackson. (Casteln. Fishes of Port Jackson). 



57. Gexyoroge unicolor, All. & Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 266, pi. 4, fig. 1. 

 Percy Islands . ( Chevert Exp . ) 



Genus Mesoprion, Cuv. 



A genus not differing from Genyoroge, except that the notch 

 above the angle of the prseoperculum is either wanting or smaller. 



All tropical Seas. 



58. Mesoprion carponotatus, Eich. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, Vol. IX., p. 28. Gunth. Cat. I., 



p. 190. 



