BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 375 



158. LOBOTES AUCTOIITJM, Guntll. 



Cat. Fishes I., p. 338.— Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc, pi. 33, f. 4. 



D. 12/15-16. A. 3/11. L. lat. 45. Ceec. pyl. 3. Vert. 13/11. 



Caudal fin rounded ; the soft dorsal and anal fins rather elevated; 

 nape concave; eye smaU. Uniform brownish, yellowish or 

 blackish, caudal fin sometimes with a lighter edge. 



Port Jackson. Var. somnolentus. Endeavour River. 



G-enus Q-erres, Cuv. 



Body compressed and elevated. Mouth very protractile. Eye 

 rather large. No canine teeth. Prseoperculum generally entire. 

 Six branchiostegals. One dorsal fin deeply notched with nine 

 spines ; anal with three. Caudal fin forked. Scales moderate, 

 or minutely ciliated. Air bladder simple, pyloric appendages in 

 small number. Pseudobranchiee. 



All tropical seas, entering rivers. 



159. GrERRES ABBREviATus, Bleek. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes I., p. 345.— Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc, pi. 78, f. 4. 



D. 9/10. A. 3/7. L. lat. 33. L. transv. 5/10. 



The height of the body is contained twice and two-thirds in 

 the total length ; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the 

 length of the head. Prseorbital and praeoperculum entire : the 

 second spine of the dorsal fin more than half the height of the 

 body, and nearly as long as the head ; the second and third anal 

 spines strong and rather longer than the rays, one third the 

 height of the body. Coloration uniform ; dorsal fin black-edged. 



Cape Grenville (Chevert Exp.) 



160. Gerres Cheverti, All. & Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 272, pi. 7, f. 1. 

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