S92 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAX FISHES, 



C. marginalis, is tlie following species. It is doubtful if marginal is 

 lias ever been seen excepting on tbe West Coast. 



197. Chelmo teicixctus, Casteln. 

 Eesearclies on the Fishes of Australia, p. 14. 



The snout is one-half the length of the head ; the profile from 

 that part to the base of the dorsal fin is nearly perpendicular ; 

 the dorsal and anal fins arc almost truncate behind. The colour 

 is yellowish with numerous longitudinal, obscure, narrow stripes 

 on the body ; a double band extends from the base of the dorsal 

 through the eye to beneath the operculum, another is placed 

 further backwards, crosses the posterior part of the operculum, 

 and extends to the base of the ventral fin ; a third forms a ring 

 round the tail. All these bands are formed of two black narrow 

 lines, having between them a broader space of the general colour 

 of the body. The soft parts of the dorsal and anal fins have a 

 narrow black margin. 



Port Darwin. From three to three and a-half inches long. 



198. ClIELMO LONGIROSTRIS, CuV. & Val. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 38.— Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Ohcet., pi. 4, f. 5. 



D. 12/23. A. 3/18. L. lat. 75. L. trans v. 12/30. 



The length of the snout is much more than half that of the 

 head. A large triangular black patch covering the neck, the 

 upper surface of the head, and the side downwards to the level 

 of the inferior margin of the eye ; a round black spot at the 

 posterior angle of the anal fin ; caudal blackish. 



Cape York (Castelnau). 



199. Chelmo truncatus, Kner. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., Add. p. 516. 

 D. 11/26. A. 3/21. L. lat. 43-44. 



