BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 351 



Gunth. Cat. Fisli I., p. 253. 

 D. 9/14. A. 3/10. L. lat. 55. C^c. pylor. 17. 

 Height of body four times and a-half in the total length, and 

 length of head nearly four times in the same. Diameter of eye 

 one-third of length of head ; preeoperculum finely serrated, 

 operculum with two spines. The fourth dorsal spine longest. 

 Greenish or yellowish olive, in spirits, with a brownish spot in 

 the middle of each scale. 



Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and ? New South 

 "Wales. 



112. Arripis salar, Eichards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 29, pi. 20, f. 4-6. Gunth. Cat. 

 Fish I., p. 253. 



Centropistes truUacetis, Cuv. & Val. 

 The Salmon of Sydney and Melbourne Fishermen. 



D. 9/16-17. A. 3/10. L. lat. 48-52. L. transv. 6/12. Ccec. 

 pylor. 50. Vert. 10/15. 



Height of body one-fourth of the total length and equal to the 

 length of the head ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the 

 latter. Prseoperculum serrated behind and beneath ; sub and 

 interoperculum with scales. The fourth dorsal spine longest ; 

 the third of the anal rather longer the second. Back with darker 

 spots. 



East and South Coasts. 



Genus Odontonectes, Gunth. 

 Six branchiostegals. Teeth villiform on the jaws, vomer, and 

 palatine bones, an outer series of larger teeth on the jaws ; 

 canines very small. One dorsal fin with ten spines, the basal 

 half scaly ; anal fin with three spines. Praeoperculum very 

 slightly serrated at the angle. Scales moderate without apparent 

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