530 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



bony plates, distinct and sharply keeled in adults, indistinct or 

 absent in young specimens. Head sometimes with, a horn or 

 crest-like prominence. Ventrals 1/3. Dorsal spines four to six ; 

 anal two. Scales minute, rough like shagreen. 

 Indian and Polynesian Seas. 



345. Naseus uxicorxis, Forsk. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes III., p. 348. 



D. 5-6/31-28. A. 2/26-27. Ccec. pylor. 7-8. Yert. 9/12. 



Forehead produced in a horn-like protuberance, longer or 

 shorter according to age, horizontal, and on a level with the upper 

 part of the orbit. Snout produced beyond the tip of the horn ; 

 the length of its upper profile, taken from the base of horn, is 

 more than twice the distance of the orbit from the first dorsal 

 spine. Teeth lightly compressed, tapering, not serrated. Height 

 of body two-fifths of the length without caudal fin. Two spini- 

 ferous plates on each side of the tail. Brownish grey ; dorsal 

 and anal fins with longitudinal blue stripes. 



Torres Straits (Che vert Exp.) 



346. Naseus axnulatus, Quoy & Gaim. 



Gunth. Oat. Fishes III., p. 352. — AU. and Macl., Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New South Wales, Vol. I., p. 340. 



D. 5-6/28-29. A. 2/28-29. Ceec. pylor. 5. 



Forehead with a projecting protuberance, situated below the 

 level of the centre of the orbits. Snout moderately produced ; 

 teeth very small, with a very fine serrature on the apical half ; 

 caudal plates very small, scarcely keeled. Brown ; anal fin with 

 one or two bluish longitudinal bands, dorsal and anal with a 

 narrow, and caudal with a rather broad, white edge. Young 

 specimens have a white ring round the tail. 



Cape Granville (Chevert Exp.) 



