BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 567 



414. SiLLAGO BASSENSIS, CuV. & Val. 



Sillago ciliata, Gimth. and Ciiv. & Val., Cat. Fishes II., p. 245. 

 S. terrce-reginw, Casteln., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. II., 



1). 232. >S'. lassensis, Oasteln., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 



Vol. III., p. 380. 



"Trumpeter Whiting ^^ of the Fishermen. 

 Port Jackson ; Brisbane ; Cape York. 



415. Sillago ciliata, Cuv. & Val., not of Gimth. 



Casteln., Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. II., p. 113. 



D. 11. 1/17. A. 2/16. L. lat. 63. L. transv. 16. 



Height of body five times and two-thirds in the length to 

 extremity of the middle of the tail ; head three and a-half times 

 in the same ; eye five times in the head ; the space between the 

 eyes twice in the snout ; the second dorsal fin covered with minute 

 scales, also the caudal which is strongly emarginate. The colour 

 is white and silvery, with the back darker, no longitudinal white 

 or yellow streak on the sides : fins yellow edged with black, 

 excepting the anal and ventrals which are bright yellow ; the 

 second dorsal with a few obscure streaks. 



North Australia. Torres Straits. Caj)e York. 



416. Sillago gkacilis, AU. & Macl. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 279, pi. 6, fig. 2. 

 ^Torres Straits. 



Genus Isosillago, Macleay. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 34. 



417. Isosillago maculata, Macleay. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 34, pi. 4, fig. 3. 

 King George's Sound. 



