348 t)ESCIlIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



102. Apogon-ichthys adspersus, Casteln. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Yol. II., p. 226. 

 Eockhampton. 



103. Apogonichthys Darnleyensis, All. & Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales Vol. I., p. 268, pi. 5, fig. 3. 

 Darnley Island. 



104. Apogonichthys marmoratus, All. & Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 268, pi. 5, fig. 2. 

 Cape Grenville. 



105. Apogonichthys roseobrunneus, n. sp. 

 D. 6. 1/9. A. 2/8. L. lat. 24. L. transv. 3/10. 

 Heiglit of body and length of head the same and nearly one- 

 third of the total length. Mouth large ; eye rather small, a little 

 less than the space between the orbits. A prominent ridge on 

 the suture of the sub and interoperculum. Colour uniform 

 reddish-brown, the first dorsal and ventral clouded with brown. 



One specimen four inches long in the Macleay Museum, labelled 

 '' from Eiver in Northern Queensland." 



Genus Cheilodipterus, Lacep. 



Seven branchiostegals. Yilliform teeth in the jaws with the 

 addition of canines ; teeth on the palatine bones. Two dorsal 

 fins, the first with six spines ; anal fiji with two. Praeoperculum 

 generally with double serrature. Scales large, deciduous. 



Eed Sea ; Indian Ocean ; Pacific. 



106. Cheilodipterus quixquelineatus, Cuv. & Yal. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes L, p. 248. Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc, pi. 48, f. 2. 



Caudal fin notched. Body with ten black longitudinal bands — 

 four on each side ; cue along the middle of the back, and one on 



