BY W. MACLEAT, F.L.S. 389 



fourth, to the anal fin, the fifth on the tail : the fourth with a 

 round black spot at the base of the dorsal fin, the fifth edged with 

 yellow ; a red band from the snout to the forehead. 

 Port Jackson. Port Darwin. 



191. Ch^todon setifer, B1. 

 Gunth. Cat. rishesll.,p.6.— Less.yoy.Coquille,i3. 1 75, pi. 29, f. 2. 

 D. 13/23. A. 3/20. L. lat. 33. L. transv. 6/13. 

 Snout produced, pointed, conical, one-half longer than the 

 diameter of the eye ; praeoperculum very indistinctly serrated ; 

 the fifth dorsal ray more or less elongate, filiform. The ocular 

 band extends over the inter operculum, is narrower above the 

 orbit and wider below. The anterior part of the back with 

 blackish streaks obliquely descending forwards, the rest of the 

 body with streaks obliquely ascending forwards. Top of the 

 dorsal behind the fifth ray, with a round black white-edged spot. 

 The vertical fins with a very fine blackish, marginal line ; ventrals 

 whitish. 



Cape York (Castelnau). Sydney (Kner.) 



192. Ch^todon yittattjs, B1. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 23.— Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Chsetod., pi. 15, 



fig. 1. 



D. 13/21. A. 3/20. L. lat. 38. L. transv. 5/13. Vert. 10/14. 



Snout short, obtuse, and equal in length to the diameter of the 

 eye ; prseoperculum very indistinctly serrated ; the dorsal and anal 

 fins with the posterior angle rounded. Body with parallel and 

 slightly oblique blackish streaks. Snout blackish, separated from 

 the ocular band by a white streak ; the ocular band white-edged, 

 encircling the chest, much narrower than the orbit ; a very narrow 

 blackish, anteriorly white-edged stripe behind, and parallel to, 

 the ocular band, along the praeopercular margin. A cuneiform, 

 black, yellow edged band from the origin of the soft dorsal to 



