386 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ArSTRALIAN FISHES, 



between the second spine and first ray ; the upper loLe of tlie 

 caudal produced into a long filament. Muzzle above bluish- 

 silvery with two yellow cross-bands, the anterior running to the 

 middle of the eye, crossing the pra)orbital. A third yellow band 

 runs from the pr^eorbital, along the inferior margin of the orbit, 

 across the cheek, operculum and suboperculum, to the base of 

 the pectoral. A silvery longitudinal band from the middle of the 

 eye, along the side of the body below the lateral line, to the 

 upper part of the tail, and convergent with another pearl-coloured 

 band from the origin of the anal : both the latter bands meet at 

 an acute angle in the middle of the base of the caudal fin. Finally 

 a pearl- coloured band on the back, along the base of the dorsal 

 fin. 



North and East Coasts. Cape Sidmouth (Chevert Exp.) 



Genus ApHARErs, Cuv. & Val. 



Body oblong ; eye moderate ; mouth slightly obligue, wide, 

 the lower jaw longer. One dorsal with ten or twelve spines, the 

 anterior part highest, spines feeble, caudal fin deeply forked. No 

 canines. No teeth on the palate ; prseorbital and pr^eoperculum 

 entire. Scales rather small. Seven branchiostegals. Air-bladder 

 simple, a (respiratory) cavity behind the branchiso, at the interior 

 of the humerus ; pyloric appendages in small number. 



From the Eed Sea to Australia. 



184. Aphareus rosetjs, Casteln. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 373. 

 Port Jackson. 



Genus Erythrichthys Temm. & Schleg. 

 Form elongate ; eye moderate ; mouth very protractile ; two 

 dorsal fins, with some isolated spines between. Tail forked. No 

 teeth in the jaws or palate, cardiform teeth on the pharyngeal 



