340 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



s^^ine only a little longer than tlie third, the first very short and 

 curved. The first anal spine short, the others long and nearly 

 equal; the pectorals scarcely reach the anal. Eyes large, a 

 depression on the forehead between them. Coloiu- brownish, 

 fins pale. 



Murrumbidgee. 



80. PSEUDOAMBASSIS EaMSAYI, 71. Sp. 



D. 7. 1/9. A. 3/10-11. L. lat. about 20. 



Height twice and one-third in the length without caudal. Third 

 dorsal spine rather longer than the second, the third anal spine 

 rather longer than the second ; both stout. Lateral line scarcely 

 traceable. Colour reddish-brown, a good deal mottled with black 

 about the back and with the membrane between the second and 

 third dorsal spine black. 



One specimen three inches long, marked Port Jackson in 

 Macl. Mus. 



81. PsEUDOAMBASsis Jacksoniensis, n. sp. 

 D. 7. 1/10. A. 3/9. L. lat. about 22. 



Height three times and one-third in the total length (without 

 caudal) ; the third and fourth dorsal spines longest and equal, 

 the third anal longer than the second ; a well marked silvery 

 median line ; tail long, moderately bilobed. Colour pale yellow 

 with minute specks of black on the back and fins. Average 

 length two inches. 



Port Jackson. 



Q-enus Edelia, Casteln. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth, all similar, rather large, slender, 

 arched, crowded on each jaw and on the palatine bones ; no 

 canines ; two dorsals continuous at the base, the first with seven 

 spines ; the anal with three ; prseoperculum smooth ; operculum 



