BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 333 



length without the caudal ; the head is twice and two-thirds in 

 the same ; the eye is a little over four times in the length of the 

 head, and nearly once and a-half in the snout ; the scales on the 

 front part of the head are very minute ; those of the opercles as 

 large as those of the body ; the opercule is pointed ; the dorsal 

 is formed of nine spines, of which the second is the longest, and 

 the others go decreasing in length, and of fifteen rays ; the caudal 

 is strongly emarginated ; the anal has three spines, and nine 

 rays ; the first of the spines is short, and the two others about 

 equal, but no longer than one-half the height of the rays ; the 

 pectorals are large and formed of fourteen rays ; the lateral line 

 runs over sixty-four scales. The colour, in spirits, seems to have 

 been silvery, with a yellow tinge ; the fins yellow. The length 

 of the specimen is eleven inches. Cape York." 



Genus Glaucosoma, Temm. & Schleg. 



Eight branchiostegals. Teeth carminiform in the jaws, on the 

 vomer and palatine bones ; the rest of the mouth and tongue 

 densely covered with very minute villiform teeth. No canines. 

 One dorsal fin, the spinous portion low, consisting of eight spines ; 

 anal spines three; preeoperculum slightly serrated. Scales 

 ctenoid, those on the body rather large ; head entirely covered 

 above and below with small scales. Eye large. Lateral line 

 nearly straight. 



67. Glaucosoma hebraictjm, Eichards. 



Yoy. '' Ereb. & Terr." Fishes, p. 27, pi. 17. 



Jew Fish of the Colonists. 



D. 8/11. A. 3/9. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 10/20. 



The height of the body is three times and a-half in the total 

 length, and nearly equal to the length of the head ; the diameter 

 of the eye is one-fifth of the latter, and is about equal to the 

 height of the prseorbital bone. The maxillary bone reaches to 



