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length, of the head, longer than the snout and equal to the distance 

 between the eyes. The groove for the processes of the inter- 

 maxillary bones is short, and does not extend beyond the vertical 

 from tbe anterior margin of the eye ; no scales between the groove 

 and the orbit. The spines of the dorsal fin are slender and flexible, 

 the second and third longest, and twice and a half in the height 

 of the body, the last four spines half as long as the third. The 

 third anal spine longest, shorter than the first ray, and nearly 

 one-fourth of the height of the body. Coloration uniform, dorsal 

 fin black-edged. 

 Port Jackson. 



167. Gerres subfasciatus, Cuv. & Yal. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes I., p. 343. 



D. 9/10. A. 3/7. 



Height of the body one-third of the total length, the snout 

 rather shorter than the diameter of the eye. Spines of the fins 

 slender, the third of the dorsal is the height of the body, its 

 width less than one tweKth of its length, the second anal spine 

 stronger, but rather shorter than the third, and about one-fifth of 

 of the height of the body. Silvery, with six or seven indistinct 

 vertical bands. 



Port Jackson. 



168. Gerres australis, Casteln. 



Casteln., Ees. Fishes of Australia, page 43. 



Head three times in the length of the body (without the caudal 

 fin), height of body twice and one-third in the same, snout equal 

 to the diameter of the eye. The second dorsal spine is thick and 

 long, half the length of the bodj-, the third nearl}^ as long, but 

 slender; the second aual spine is stronger but shorter than the 

 third. Colour silvery, with the upper parts purple, the soft 

 dorsal ha^; a line of faint obscure .-pots. An appearance in some 



