414 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



248. Lethrinus fusciceps, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. II., p. 350, pi. 8, fig. 1. 

 Port Darwin. 



249. Lethrinus punctulatus, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. II., p. 351, pi. 8, fig. 2. 

 Port Darwin. 



250. Lethrinus harak, Forsk. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishesl., p. 458.— Bleek. Atl. Idith. Perc.,pl.49, f. 3. 



D. 10/9. A. 3/8. L. lat. 47. L. transv. 6/14. 



The lieiglit of the body is three times and a-half in the total 

 length, the length of the head four times ; the snout moderately 

 elongate and pointed. The diameter of the eye is greater than 

 the distance between the eyes, and once and three-fourths in the 

 length of the snout. There is a slight protuberance before the 

 upper anterior angle of the eye ; the maxillary reaches to the 

 vertical from the anterior nostril. Canine and molar teeth 

 moderate. Dorsal spines rather feeble ; the fourth, longest, 

 rather shorter than the highest ray and twice and three-fourths 

 in the length of the head. Caudal fin slightly emarginate. 

 Greenish-olive, with an oblong lateral blotch of a blackish colour 

 below the lateral line and below the middle of the dorsal fin. 



Sydney (Kner, Fishes of the Novara). 



251. Lethrinus cocosensis, Bleek. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes I., p. 59.— Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc, pi. 18, f. 1. 



Z. sordidus SLJid.fasciakis, Cuv. & Val. 



D. 10/9. A. 3/8. L. lat. 50. 



Height of body four times in the total length, the length of 

 of the head three times and five-sixths. The diameter of the eye 

 is thrice and a-half in the length of the head, and more than the 

 distance between the eyes. The snout is longer than the eye, 



