338 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Heiglit of body twice and a-lialf in the length, (without caudal), 

 second spine of dorsal fin thrice and a-half in the same. Second 

 and third anal spines nearly equal, or third rather longer ; lateral 

 line slightly curved. Coloration of body uniform. 



Port Darwin. 



73. Ambassis agrammus, Gunth. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1867, Vol. XX., p. 57. 

 D. 7. 1/8. A. 3/8. L. lat. 26-27. 



Height of body two-fifths of the length without caudal. Lateral 

 line visible on the foremost scale only. The second dorsal spine is 

 longer than the third, and much longer than the second and third 

 anal spines which are equal, not much shorter than the head, and 

 two-sevenths of the total length (without caudal). Uniform 

 greenish-olive, with a narrow bluish-silvery band along the middle 

 of the tail. 



Cape York. 



74. Ambassis Agassizii, Gunth. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1867, Vol. XX, p. 57. 



D. 6. 1/7. A. 3/8. L. lat, 25. 



The height of the body is contained twice and one-third in the 

 total length (without caudal). Lateral line none. The second 

 dorsal spine scarcely longer than the third, much longer than the 

 anal spines, shorter than the head without snout, and less than 

 one-fourth of the total length (without caudal). Body immaculate 

 with a narrow bluish- silvery lateral band. 



Clarence Eiver. 



75. Ambassis elevatus, n. sp. 

 D. 7. 1/9. A. 3/9. L. lat. 25. 

 Height of body half the length without caudal. Praeorbital 

 and the inferior ridges of the preeoperculum densely denticulated, 



