BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 425 



as tlie head, and not extending to tlie end of tlie ventrals, the 

 others graduated. Dorsal deeply notched, the fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth spines about equal and longest, rather more than one-third 

 of the length of the head. Back and sides yellowish-orange, 

 with six transverse bands of reddish orange ; belly yellowish 

 white, dorsal fin blackish. 



Tasmania, Port Phillip. 



273. CiiiLODACTYLTJS Fuscus, Oastolu. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 376. 

 The " Carp " of the Sydney Fishermen. 

 Port Jackson. 



274. Ohilodactylus annularis, Casteln. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 377. 



Port Jackson. 



Genus Nemodactyltjs, Eichards. 



One dorsal fin with seventeen spines ; the anal of moderate 

 length, the caudal forked; one of the simple pectoral rays 

 elongate. A single series of minute teeth in the jaws ; no other 

 teeth. Prseorbital and pr8eoj)erculum entire. Scales thin, cycloid, 

 of moderate size. Cheeks naked. Three branchiostegals. Pyloric 

 appendages in smaU number. 



Tasmania. 



275. Nemadactylus concinnus, Eichards. 



Trans. Zool. Soc. III., p. 116, pi. 4, f. 2.— Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., 



p. 85. 

 D. 17/28. A. 3/15. L. lat. 50. Ca3c. pylor. 4. Vert. 34. 



Coloration uniform. The longest simple pectoral ray projects 

 nearly one-fourth of its length bej'ond the membrane. 



Port Arthur, Tasmania. 



