5 IS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Genus Zaxclus, Cuv. & Yal. 



Body mueli compressed and elevated ; one dorsal fin witli seven 

 spines, tlie third very elongate. No teeth on the palate ; prse- 

 operculum without spine. Scales minute, rough. Air-bladder 

 present. Branchiostegals four. Pyloric appendages in increased 

 number. 



Indian and Polynesian Seas. 



382. Zancltjs cornutus, L. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II.. p. 493.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Cheetod., pi. 



4, % 1-2. 



B. 4. D. 7/41. A. 4/32. C^ec. pylor. 14. Vert. 9/13. 



A pointed horn above each orbit in adult specimens ; the third 

 dorsal spine exceedingly elongate, filiform. Two broad black 

 cross-bands from the dorsal fin to the belly ; caudal fin black, 

 with the posterior margin white, crescent shaped. 



Australia ? (old collection). 



Genus Psexes, Cuv. & Yal. 



Body compressed, elevated, covered with rather small cycloid 

 scales ; cleft of the mouth narrow, with the muzzle above swollen, 

 truncated and short. Two dorsal fins, the first continuous, the 

 second and anal more developed ; anal spines joined to the soft 

 portion. A series of small teeth in the jaws, none on the palate. 

 Six or seven braucliiostegals ; air bladder bifurcate posteriorly. 



Indian and Australian Seas. 



383. PsEXES leucurus, Jenyns. 



Zool. Beagle, Fishes p. 73. — Gunth., Cat. Fishes II., p. 495. 



X). 10. 1/27. A. 3/27. 



