376 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



161. Gerres loxgicaudatus, All. & Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. See. N. S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 272, pi. 7, fig. 2. 

 Cape Grenville (Chevert Exp.) 



162. Gerres carinatus, All. & Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. L, p. 273, pi. 7, fig. 4. 

 Darnley Island (Chevert Exp.) 



163. Gerres bispinosus, All. & Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc N. S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 273, pi. 7, fig. 3. 

 South, coast New Guinea (Chevert Exp.) 



164. Gerres profundus, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Yol. II., p. 350, pi. 7, fig. 3. 

 Port Darwin. 



165. Gerres punctatus, Cuv. (feVaL 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes!., p. 346.— Macl., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.,. 

 Yol. IL, p. 350. 



D. 9/10. A. 3/8. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and a-half in the 

 total length. The second dorsal spine is prolonged into a short 

 filament, and is sometimes as long as three-quarters of the height 

 of the body. Silvery, dorsal with a narrow black margin, each 

 ray with a brown point at the base. Young individuals with 

 indistinct cross-bands. 



Port Darwin. 



166. Gerres ovatus, Gunth. 



Cat. Fishes I., p. 343, pi. 20, fig. A. 



D. 9/10-11. A. 3/7. L. lat. 36. L. transv. 5/10. 



The height of the body is twice and a-quarter in the length 



(without caudal fin) ; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the 



