354 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ATJSTRALIAIS" FISHES, 



117. HOMALOGRYSTES GuXTHERI, All. & Macl. 



Proc. Liun. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 2G9. 

 Torres' Straits, near Katow. 



Genus CtenoLxVtes, Gimtli. 



Seven brancliiostegals, pseudobrancliia3, teeth, villiform in 

 bands, teetb on tlie palatine and vomer, tongue smooth. The 

 spinous dorsal is continuous with, tlie soft, and composed of ten 

 spines. Prteoperculiim finely serrated behind with small 

 denticulations on the lower limb ; preeorbital serrated. Scales 

 small, strongly ctenoid. 



Australian rivers. 



118. Ctenolates ambiguus, Eichards. 



Datnia ambigiia, Bich., Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 25, pi. 19. 



Bides amliguus, Gunth., Cat. L, j). 270. 



Bules auratiis, Casteln., Proc. Zool. Soc, Vict., I., p. 55. 



Ctenolates macquariensis, Gunth., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, j). 390, p. 33. 



The '' Golden Perch'' and '' Yelloiv helly'' of the Colonists. 

 '' Kaahaalain " of the Murrumbidgee natives. 



D. 10/1 L. A. 3/8. L. lat. 76-81. L. transv. 13/28. 



Height two-fifths of the length without caudal ; length of head 

 one-third. Upper profile very convex above the nape, and deeply 

 concave on the occiput ; the maxillary reaches to below the middle 

 of the eye. Mandible prominent. The diameter of the eye is 

 one half of the length of the snout and one-fourth of the j)ost- 

 orbital portion of the head. Scales on the cheek numerous, only 

 half the size of those on the operculum. The denticulations of 

 the lower pr£copercular limb are small, irregular and directed 

 forwards. Spines of fins strong, the last dorsals much shorter 

 than the raj^s. Caudal and pectorals rounded. First ventral 

 ray elongated. Colour greenish on the back with the sides and 



