i3Y W. IMACLEAY, F.L.S. 4^1 



the vomer, none on the palatines. Six Lranchiostegals. Pra)- 

 opercnlum entire ; operculum with points. Scales moderate. 

 Air-bladder none ; pyloric appendages in small number. 



Australian Seas. 



262. CniRONEMUs geobgianus, Cuv. & Val. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes 11., p. 76. 



D. 15/16. A. 3/7. Ca)c. pylor. 4. 



Seven simple pectoral rays, the base of the soft dorsal half as 

 long as that of the s^^inous. 



King George's Sound. 



263. Chiroxemtjs marmoratus, Gunth. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 76. 



1). 14. 1/18. A. 3/6. L. lat. 55. 



Six simple pectoral rays ; the base of the soft dorsal rather 

 shorter than that of the spinous ; the fifth dorsal spine longest^ 

 Yellowislf, largely marbled with dark brown ; the spinous dorsal 

 blackish, the other fins spotted with brown. 



Western Australia, Darnley Island, Port Jackson. 



264. CniROXEMus maculostjs, Eichards. 



Threpterius maculosus, Eichards, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1850, p. 70, 



pi. 2, fig. 1-2. 



Chironemus maculosus, Gunth., Cat. Fishes II., p. 78. 



D. 14/18. A. 3/7. L. lat. 52. 



The length of the base of the soft dorsal fin is two-thirds of 

 that of the spinous. Seven simple pectoral rays ; preoorbital 

 narrow ; membrane between the dorsal spines deeply notched, 

 and produced into a small free lobe behind each spine. Pale 

 brown : head, body, and the soft dorsal, caudal and anal fins 

 spotted with blackish. 



King George's Sound. 



