BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 343 



distance between the orbits. Snout and forehead covered with 

 skin, and with mueiferous cavities. Mouth slightly oblique ; 

 third dorsal spine longest, second anal stronger, but not longer 

 than the third. Some of the scales on the sides marked as in a 

 lateral line. Colour in spirits, a j^ellowish-brown with the middle 

 of each scale darker. 



Murrumbidgee Kiver. Two inches long. 



Genus Apogon, Lacep. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villiform, no canines, teeth on 

 the palate, tongue smooth. Two dorsal fins, the first with six or 

 seven spines. Anal fin with two spines. Operculum spinif erous ; 

 praeoperculum with a double serrated ridge. Scales large, 

 deciduous. 



Found throughout all the Indian and Australian seas, some- 

 times in fresh-water. 



87. Apogon fasciatus, White. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fishes, Yol. I., p. 241. 



Amia fasciata, Bleek., Atl. Ichthyol. Perc, pi. 48, f. 4. 



D. 7. 1/8. A. 2/8. L. lat. 28. 



Height nearly half of the length without tail ; space between 

 the eyes much smaller than the diameter of the orbit and much 

 channelled; tail slightly emarginate. Colour brownish-red with 

 five longitudinal black bands on each side, the first close to the 

 back, the second from above the eye to the upper margin of the 

 tail, the third along the middle of the side and extending nearly 

 to the extremity of the tail, the fourth from below the eye to the 

 inferior margin of the tail, the fifth along the belly and more or 

 less indistinct ; there is also a black bar at the base of the soft 

 dorsal and anal fins. 



Port Jackson and Northern Coast. Length five inches. 

 2 R 



