BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 357 



122. MuREAYiA CYPRiNorDES, Oasteln. 

 Pre. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. I., p. 62. 



D. 11/13. A. 3/9. L. lat. 52. L. transv. lOj/lS^. 



Heiglit of body three times and one-third in the total length ; 

 head three and a-half in the same, eye five and a-half in the 

 length of the head. Form more elevated and gibbous than in 

 Gwitlieri. The first ventral ray j)rolonged into a bifid filament. 

 Colour, above green with the border of the scales darker, beneath 

 yellow ; the lateral line dark, sides of the head purple, pectorals 

 pink on the upper portion, yellow on the lower. The dorsal, 

 caudal and anal fins purple ; the ventrals pink with the spine 

 white. 



Murray Biver. Length ten or twelve inches. 



123. MuRRAYiA BRAMoroES, Casteln. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, Vol. I., p. 63. 



D. 11/12. A. 3/8. 0. 17. P. 16. L. lat. 52. L. transv. 9/16. 



Height four times in the total length, head three times and 

 two-thirds ; orbit three times and eight-tenths in length of head. 

 Head very cavernous ; prfeoperculum straight, and finely 

 serrulated on the posterior limb, obtusely denticulated on the 

 angle, and on the inferior limb, with the denticulations pointing 

 forwards. The operculum is thinly serrated and has two angles, 

 the lower of which is a sort of flap divided into five flat spines ; 

 the superscapula is like a segment of a circular saw ; the fiftL. 

 dorsal spine is the longest ; anal spine slender ; the first ray of 

 the ventrals elongate. Colour dirty yellow, each scale with an 

 obscure border, head brown, lower parts reddish ; vertical fins 

 dark with the spines purple ; pectorals and ventrals pink. Eye 

 yellow. 



Murray Eiver, rare ; about twelve inches in length. 



