BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 401 



Genus Euppelia, Casteln. 



Eye large. Body oblong, scales moderate ; opening of month 

 oblique and superior ; teeth villif orm, in several series, the outer 

 series of larger teeth ; teeth on the vomer and palatine bones, 

 and also on the tongue, a fleshy filament on each side of the upper 

 lip near the centre ; lateral line interrupted ; twelve dorsal spines ; 

 three anal. Ventrals, one spine and three rays. 



218. Euppelia prolongata, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, II., p. 51. — Ees. Fish. Aust. p. 29. 



D. 12/10. A. 3/10. Y. 1/3. L. lat. 45. 



Height twice and three-quarters in the length without caudal 

 fin, head thrice and a-quarter in the same, diameter of the eye 

 four times and a-half in the length of the head. The lower jaw 

 longer than the upper ; head without scales and grooved between 

 the eyes, operculum prolonged into a rounded angle near the 

 base of the pectoral fin. The spines of the dorsal increase 

 gradually in length, the twelfth being about twice as long as the 

 second, which is twice the length of the first, the middle rays of 

 the soft dorsal and anal are very much prolonged, reaching to or 

 beyond the caudal ; the ventral rays are also elongate. The 

 lateral line terminates at the end of the the soft dorsal fin, but 

 another line is marked in the middle of the side for some distance 

 from the tail ; caudal pointed. Colour dark brownish-green, 

 entirely covered with small rounded, light blue spots. Length 

 about twelve inches. 



Port Phillip. West Australia. 



Count Castelnau classed this Fish with the JVandicke, and 

 therefore I place it here, but I fancy from his description of the 

 genus that it would be more naturally placed among the Fseiido- 

 chromidce. 



