BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 403 



longitudinal band from the snout through the eye to the base 

 of the tail ; dorsal fins largely marbled with blackish ; each lobe 

 of the caudal fin with five or six oblique, brown cross-bands. 



Port Darwin. Palm Islands. Port Jackson. 



221. Upexeoides t.exiopterus, Cuv. & Yal. 



Kner. Voy. Novara, Fishes, p. 68. 



D. 8-9. 9. A. 7. 



Height of body one-fifth of the total length, the diameter of 

 the eye is one-fourth of the length of the head, and is once and 

 a-quarter in the width of the interorbital space. The colour is 

 red, with a more brilliant red spot at the root of the tail ; the 

 fins are marked with brown bands. The second dorsal spine is 

 equal to the distance from the front of the snout to the extreme 

 edge of the pracoperculum. 



New Holland (Kner.) Length ten inches. 



222. Upexeoides Vlamixgii, Cuv. & Yal. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes I., p. 400. 



D. 8. 9. A. 8. Ctec. pylor. 30. 



The height of the body ec^uals the length of the head and is 

 three times and two-thu^ds in the total length. The barbels 

 reach to the angle of the prpc operculum. The vomerine teeth are 

 divided into two lateral groups. Eed ; each scale with a violet 

 speck forming together longitudinal series, snout and cheeks with 

 oblique violet streaks ; the second dorsal and anal fins with 

 longitudinal series of violet specks. 



Port Jackson. Port Phillip. 



223. Upexeoides roseus, Casteln. 



Eesearches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 11. 



D. 7. 1/8. A. 7. 



