OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 33 



Descriptions of some new Fishes from Port Jackson and King 



George's Sound. 



By William Macleay, Esq., F.L.S. 



Plates II, III, lY, V. 



Family PERCID^. 

 1. — Serranus guttulatus. pi. II. 



D. 11/15, A. f, L. lat. 96. 



Body compressed ; the height one-third of the total length, 

 the length of the head the same, profile slightly concave ; eyes, 

 one and a half diameter apart, the same distance from the snout, 

 and seven times in the length of the head ; maxillary bone 

 reaching to the vertical from the posterior margin of the eye ; 

 prasoperculum serrated on the posterior edge, and produced and 

 strongly toothed at the angle ; opercular spines flat, the upper 

 longest ; the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth dorsal spines longest, 

 the third anal spine longest, the second thickest. 



The general colour is a pale yellow, with numerous small pale 

 red spots ; these spots are distinct on the head, but on the body 

 they are so thickly placed as to give the appearance of continuous 

 lines ; there are some whitish bars about the mouth and chin ; 

 the caudal fin is rounded and of a yellowish black hue, as are also 

 the ventrals ; the spinous dorsal is blackish ; the soft dorsal and 

 anal fins are also dark coloured with a broad yellow edge ; the 

 pectorals are yellow, and reach almost to the anus. 



Length 14 inches. 



A specimen of this handsome fish, the first I have seen, was 

 taken by the hook in Port Jackson, a few days ago. It seems to 

 have some resemblance in colouring to Serranus Awoara of 

 Temm. and Schleg., a Japanese fish ; but the formula of fins 

 is very diSerent. 



2. — CHiETODON OCKLLIPINNIS. PI. Ill, fig. 1. 



D. 10/23, A. 3/19, L. lat. 50. 



Height of body one-half the total length ; snout shorter than 

 the diameter of the orbit ; mouth small ; praeoperculum strongly 

 serrated ; the fourth, fifth, and sixth dorsal spines longest, and 



