564 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGITE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



larger ; the spinous dorsal fin is deep black, with a vertical white 

 streak before the third spine and a small white spot posteriorly, 

 the second dorsal either white with four series of brown spots, 

 or brown with four series of white spots ; caudal with indistinct 

 whitish transverse lines. 



Sharks' Bay (H.M.S. Herald). Depuch Island (Eichards.). 



A species not uncommon in Port Jackson is generally believed 

 to be identical with this one. I think otherwise, but for the 

 present I defer the description of it as a distinct species. 



409. Percis Allporti, Gunth. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1876, 4th ser.. Vol. XVII., p. 394. 



D. 5/21. A. 16. L. lat. 62. L. transv. 3^/15. 



The height of the body is one-fifth, and the length of the head 



one-fourth of the length (without caudal). Snout longer than the 



eye, which is one-fourth of the length of the head. Spinous 



dorsal fin continuous with the soft, the spines subequal in length ; 



sometimes, probably in the male, the first spine is longest. Caudal 



fin subtruncated. Greenish or yellowish-olive (in spirits), with 



seven black cross-bars on the back ; an indistinct blackish blotch 



on the root of the upper caudal rays. Upper half of the caudal 



variegated with yellow and brown in the female ; in the male the 



whole is uniform black. 



Tasmania. 



Genus Aphritis, Cuv. & Val. 

 Cylindrical, elongate ; cleft of mouth rather oblique ; eye 

 lateral. Scales rather small, minutely ciliated . Two separate 

 dorsal fins, the first with six spines, ventrals jugular. Villiform 

 teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and palatines ; no canines ; six 

 branchiostegals ; air-bladder none ; pyloric appendages in small 

 number. 



South Pacific. 



