538 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



D. 6. 1/19. A. 2. 1/10. L. lat. 15. 



Teeth in villiform bands in tlie jaws, teetli on tlie vomer, 

 palatines and tongue ; height of body once and a-half in the total 

 length, the length of head three times and a-half ; the first dorsal 

 fin short and rudimentary^, the anterior rays of the second dorsal 

 and anal exceedingly elongate and filiform ; lower jaw longer 

 than upper ; the maxillary extends beyond the vertical from the 

 anterior margin of the eye. The width of the opercle is half its 

 height ; the lateral line is bent anteriorly, and becomes straight 

 below the middle of the soft dorsal, the plates very little developed. 

 Opercular spot and membrane between the first five dorsal rays 

 black. Body with six subvertical blackish bands, disappearing 

 with age. 



Port Jackson. North Coast. 



364, Carai^ gallus, L. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes II., p. 455. 



GalUcMhjs major, Cuv. & Yal., Hist. Poiss. IX., p. 168, pi. 254. 



B. 6. D. - 1/19. A. - 1/16'. L. lat. 8. Vert. 10/14. 



Spines of dorsal and anal entirely absent ; the ventrals and the 

 anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins very elongate, 

 filiform. Teeth as in C. ciliaris. Height of body about twice 

 in the total length ; the height of the prseorbital much more than 

 the diameter of the eye. The origin of the soft dorsal is the 

 highest point of the back, from which the profile descends rapidly 

 and is convex on the nape of the neck. Lower jaw prominent ; 

 lateral line strongly curved anteriorly, becoming straight 

 below the middle of the dorsal, the plates very little developed. 

 Scales none. Uniform silvery, immature specimens with vertical 

 bands. 



Endeavour Eiver (Macl. Mus.) 



