BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.8. 51 7 



Height of body twice and two-thirds in the total length ; eye 

 very large, its diameter more than half the length of the head, 

 and covered with a loose skin. Scales large, more particularly 

 behind the pectoral fin ; lateral line extending to the extremity 

 of the tail and consisting of about sixty scales. Caudal fin 

 moderately forked. Colour silvery, with small brown spots 

 towards the back and tail, fins of a dullish colour. Eye yellow. 



King Greorge's Sound. Port Jackson. 



Genus Neopempheris, nov. gen. 



Body oblong, compressed. Eye moderate ; cleft of mouth large, 

 slightly oblique ; teeth very numerous, small and acute in the 

 the jaws, on the vomer and palatine bones, with one or two series 

 of cardiform teeth in each jaw. Scales small. 



Australia. 



324. Neopempheris Eamsayi, n. sp., Plate XIY. 



D. 4/16. A. 3/26. L. lat. 78. L. transv. 10/15. 



Height of body about one-fourth of the total length, and length 

 of head one-fifth ; snout rounded and rather shorter than the 

 diameter of the eye ; space between the eyes convex and broader 

 than the orbit ; submandibular space narrow, that, and all parts 

 of the head, excejpt the front of the snout, closely covered with 

 minute silvery scales. The sj^ines of the dorsal fin increase in 

 length regularl}^ from the first to the fourth, and seem to be fixed 

 to the front of the first ray, the rays decrease in length as they 

 go backwards and the fin altogether has a falciform appearance ; 

 the anal is of similar shape, but longer ; both fins are covered 

 with minute scales ; the caudal is moderately eniarginato, the 

 pectorals are short, so are the ventrals, which are .situated just 

 under the pectorals. The colour is silvery witli the back from 

 the muzzle to the tail of a sti-cl blin'. tlic ]iii(> b-jt'-vccii tliat and 



