412 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGITE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



brancliiostegals. Air-bladder generally notcbed posteriorly, and 

 with short lateral appendages. 

 Indian and Australian Seas. 



243. Lethrinus nematacanthtjs, Bleek. 



Gunth. Cat. i^ishes I., p. 456.— Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc, pi. 39, f . 3. 

 D. 10/9. A. 3/8. L. lat. 48. 



The height of the body is nearly four times in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times to three and three-quarters ; 

 the snout is slightly elongate and pointed ; the diameter of the 

 eye is once and a-half in the length of the snout. The maxillary 

 bone reaches to or nearly to the vertical from the anterior margin 

 of the eye. Canine teeth moderate, the lateral teeth conical. Dorsal 

 spines slender : the second longest, flexible, longer than the 

 longest ray and than half the length of the head. Tail slightly 

 emarginate. Olive, shining-golden, with four or five orange- 

 coloured longitudinal bands, head and body with indistinct and 

 irregular brownish spots, a blackish blotch between the pectoral 

 fin and the lateral line ; spines and rays of the fins (except the 

 pectoral) with brownish spots. 



North-east Coast. Percy Islands. Port Jackson. (Macl. Mus.) 



244. Lethrinus chrysostomus, Eichards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror Fishes, pi. 60, f. 6-7.— Grunth. Cat. Fishes 



I., p. 457. 



D. 10/9. A. 3/8. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 5/16. 



The height of the body is three times in the total length, the 

 length of the head three and a-quarter. The snout is elongate 

 and pointed, and the eye, in adult specimens, of rather small size, 

 its diameter being less than the distance between the eyes, or 

 nearly one-third of the length of the snout. The maxillary bone 

 reaches to the vertical from the posterior nostril. Canine teeth 

 rather strong; the lateral teeth conical and pointed. Dorsal 



