5 1 6 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



"base of the tail ; on tlie back, cheeks and lower part of the body 

 are numerous round spots, which form irregular lines, a very- 

 large black spot on the membranes between the first, second, and 

 third dorsal spines. Length of specimen 17 inches. 



Cape York. 



Division III. ACANTH. KUETIFOEME^. 



One dorsal fin only, which is much shorter tlian the anal, which 

 is long. No superbranchial organ. One family only. 



Family XI. KUETID^. 



Genus Pempheris, Cuv. & Yal. 



Body compressed, oblong ; eye large ; cleft of mouth oblique, 

 lower jaw prominent, snout very short. One short dorsal fin 

 with six spines. Anal elongate, scalj , with three spines. Scales 

 rather small. Yilliform teeth in the jaws and on the vomer and 

 palatine bones. Seven branchiostegals ; air-bladder divided into 

 an anterior and posterior portion. Pjioric appendages in 

 moderate number. 



Indian Ocean, Australia, Tropical Pacific. 



322. Pempheris compressus, White. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 508. 



D. 6/10. A. 3/36. L. lat. 68. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; caudal 

 fin bilobed, the upper lobe much longer than the lower. Colour 

 rosy -brown, with a bright golden yellow lateral line, the anterior 

 edge of the dorsal fin, and the greater part of the anal and 

 ventrals black. 



Port Jackson, Swan Elver. 



323. Pempheris macrolepis, n. sp. 

 D. 4-5/12. A. 3/36. P. 16. 



