350 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ATTSTRALIAN FISHES, 



the snout and tliree times and one-tliird in the length of the head ; 

 L. lat. 32. General colour silvery, with a greenish tinge ; head 

 yellow ; dorsal, caudal, and anal fins edged with black. 



Gulf of Carpentaria. One specimen two and a-half inches long. 



Genus Vincentia, Casteln. 

 Differs from Agogon in having no teeth on the palate, and the 

 scales more adherent. 



110. ViNCENTiA Waterhoxjsei, Castcln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, Vol. II., p. 60. 



D. 7. 1/7. A. 2/7. L. lat. 24. L. transv. 12. 



Height of body over three times in the total length, head three 



times and a-quarter in the same ; orbit three times in the length 



of the head. Head very large ; lower jaw shorter than the upper, 



teeth minute, numerous, villiform ; body compressed ; caudal fin 



rounded. Colour reddish : the top of the head and tips of the 



fins, except the pectorals, have a purplish black tinge ; the points 



of the ventrals are black ; there are also some irregular purple 



spots on the body. 



St. Vincent's Gulf, South Australia. Length four inches. 



Group Grystina. 



Genus Arripis, Jenyns. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villiform, without canines ; 

 teeth on the palatine bones, tongue smooth. One dorsal fin, with 

 nine slender spines, anal with three. Operculum spiniferous, 

 prssoperculum denticulated. Scales moderate. 



Australian Seas. 



111. Arripis georgianus, Cuv. & Val. 

 Richards, Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 117, pi. 54, f. 3 — 6. 



