384 DESCEIPTIYE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN- FSIHES, 



size ; tlie posterior rays of the dorsal and anal fins slightly- 

 elongate. Coloration uniform reddish-yellow. 



North and North-east Australia, Palm Islands, and Cape 

 Grenville (Chevert Exp.) 



180. Syxagris t^xiopterus, Cuv. & Yal. 



Gunth. Cat.EishesI., p. 374.— Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc,,pl.56,f. 5. 



D. 10/9. A. 3/7. L. lat. 48. L. trans. 4/11. 



The height of the body nearly equals the length of the head, 

 and is three times and two-thirds in the total length, the snout is 

 longer than the diameter of the eye, which is one-fourth of the 

 length of the head. The prtBorbital is as high as the eye. The 

 spines of the fins are slender, the posterior of the dorsal the 

 longest, but rather shorter than the rays. The third anal spine 

 is intermediate in length between the* second spine and the first 

 ray ; the posterior rays of both dorsals and anal rather elongated. 

 Eose-coloured, with j^ellow longitudinal bands on the body ; a 

 yellow band from the base of the first dorsal spine to the top of 

 the last ray. 



North-east Coast. Cape Sidmouth (Chevert Exp.) 



Q-enus Pentapus, Cuv. 

 DifiPers from Dentex and Synagris chiefly in having the prse- 

 orbital narrow, the distance between the eye and the cleft of the 

 mouth small, and the swim-bladder without notch behind. 



East Indian and Australian Seas. 



181. Pentapus yitta, Cuv. & Val. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes I., p. 381. 



D. 10/9. A. 3/7-8. L. lat. 60. L. transv. 6/20. 



The margin of the pra3operculum without scales, slightly striated. 

 The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 



