BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 513 



forked ; anal with four spines. Swim-bladder divided by a 

 contraction ; the anterior part extending to the otocrane. Pyloric 

 appendages in moderate number. 



Tropical Seas. 



318. Myripristis atjstralis, Casteln. 

 Eesearches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 4. 



D. 10. 1/14. A. 4/13. L. lat. 33. 



Height of body contained twice and one-fourth in the length 

 (without caudal) ; eye very large, a little over twice in the length 

 of the head ; the interocular space is twice and one-third in the 

 same ; the maxillary bone is not denticulated ; the operculum 

 forms posteriorly a small angle but has no spine, above the angle 

 it is striated and the edge is crenulate. The scales are large, 

 long, and strongly crenated. Caudal fin deeply forked. Colour 

 silvery-pink, beneath white, each scale of the back has a broad 

 edge of dark purple. Length four inches. 



Cape York. 



Genus Neomyeipristris, Castelnau. 



Scarcely differs from Mijripristis except in its dentition, which 

 consists of a series of small, sharp, curved teeth in each jaw, with 

 transverse series of sharp teeth on the vomer and palatine bones. 



Australia. 



319. Neomyripristis a^i^nus, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. II., p. 99. 



D. 10. 1/15. A. 4/14. V. 1/7. P. 14. C. 19. L. lat. 35. 

 L. trans V. 9. 



Height three times in the total length ; head thrice and a-third 

 in the same ; eye twice and one third in the length of the head, 

 which is very convex anteriorly ; the maxillar}^ is striated and 

 reaches to the vertical from the centre of the orbit ; the infraorbital 



