BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 547 



The height of the body is greater than the length (caudal fin 

 excluded) ; snout entirely obtuse, not prominent ; dorsal and anal 

 fins elevated ; the ventrals extending nearly to the middle of the 

 anal fin. Yentrals black ; a brown ocular band reticulated with 

 black. 



Cardwell, Queensland (Castelnau). 



380. Platax orbicularis, Forsk. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes IT., p. 490.— Macl. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S W., 



II., p. 353. 



D. 3-5/36-37. A. 3/26-27. L. lat. 55-60. 



Height of body less than its length, (without caudal) ; snout 

 prominent ; prseorbital a little narrower than the orbit ; dorsal 

 and anal fins moderately elevated, rounded ; ventrals not reaching 

 the anal fin, black at the base and the extremity. A more or less 

 distinct ocular band. 



Port Darwin (Macl. Mus.) 



381. Platax teira, Forsk. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 492.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Cheetod., 

 pi. 17, fig. 2. 



D. 5/31-33. A. 3/24-27. 



Scales very small ; height of body more than its length (with- 

 out fins); snout entirely obtuse, not prominent. Dorsal and anal 

 fins exceedingly elevated in immature specimens, obtuse in adult 

 ones ; the ventral fins reach beyond the caudal, in adult specimens 

 scarcely to the anal. Yentrals black ; three blackish vertical 

 bands ; one through the eye, one over the shoulder to the belly, 

 and one from the dorsal to the anal j these bands disappear 

 with age. 



Hall Sound, South Coast of New Guinea (Chevert Exp.) 

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