BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 361 



129. Therapon seryus, B1. 



Gunth. Cat. Fislies, Vol. I., p. 278. 



D. 12/10. A. 3/8. L. lat. 80. Vert. 10/15. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the 

 head, and is contained three times and three-quarters in the total 

 length. The snout is a little longer than the space between the 

 eyes. Pra^operculuni rounded, serrated, with strong spinous 

 teeth at the angle ; operculum with two spines, the lower elongate 

 and strong. Greenish-grey, with three curved, brown, longitudinal 

 bands (the convexity towards the belly) ; the spinous portion of 

 the dorsal fin blackish between the fourth and seventh spines ; 

 two blackish bands obliquely crossing each lobe of the tail. 



North and North-east Coasts of Australia, 



130. Therapon caudoyittatus, Eichards. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes, Vol. I., p. 284. 



Dahlia caudavittata, Eich., Yoy. Ereb. & Terr., p. 24, pi. 18, f. 3-5. 



D. 13/10. A. 3/8. L. lat. 46. 



Snout rather longer than the diameter of the eye ; prreoperculum 

 rounded, finely and equally denticulated. Opercular spines flat 

 and rather short. Dorsal fin scarcely notched, the last s^oine as 

 long as the first ra^^s, the fourth, fifth and sixth longest, half as 

 high as the body and slender. The second anal spine rather 

 stronger than the third. Spotted with greyish-brown, each lobe 

 of the caudal fin with a broad deep-black band. 



Western, Northern, and North-eastern Coasts. 



131. TnERAPOX TRIYITTATUS, Bucll. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes, I., p. 280. Bleek. Atl. Ichth., pi. 62, f. 2. 



D. 12/10. A. 3/9. L lat. 90-100. Ca3c. pyl. 7. Yert. 10/15. 



The height of the body is about one-fourth of the total length, 

 the length of the head about the same ; the length of the snout 



