110 ' ox APOGON GUNTHERI OF CASTELNAV, 



Notes ox Apogo7i Guntheri, of Castelxau, axd descriptioxs 

 OF T'^o New Fishes from NS.W. 



By E. p. Eamsay, F.L.S., &c. 



Finding that this species has been very meagrely described, I 

 beg to offer a few detail notes on the subject. 



Apogox i^Apogonicthys) Gijxtheri, Casteln. 



D. 7-i. A. n. P. 12-19. V. i. 



Lat. line 26 ; the last scale elongated and with a row of 5 pores 

 on either side and one large pore at apex. 



Z. Transverse, 3 above, 8 below lateral line between soft dorsal 

 and anal ; on the tail 2 above, 3 below the lateral line. 



First dorsal spine small, the third and fourth about equal and 

 longest, much curved backwards, situated in a line with the 

 pectoral and the ventrals. 



Teeth on both jaws, and in a narrow band on either side of the 

 palate, minute, viliform ; the maxillary reaches past the centre 

 of the eye, the mouth very wide, preoperculum serrated, no 

 serrations on the operculum, the length of the head equals the 

 height between the root of the pectoral and the first ventral 

 spine (a little less in the female distended with eggs}, and is three 

 times in the total length, the length of the pectoral is a little 

 longer than half the length of the head ; the length of the snout 

 about two-thirds the diameter of the eye ; eye large, greater than 

 the interorbital space which is slightly elevated and rounded. 



Colour uniform dark or light olive brown, golden brown on the 

 head. From a specimen dredged off Ball's Head, 17 fathoms, 

 mud bottom. Port Jackson. 



Mr. Macleay is of opinion that this Apogon Gimthcrl of 

 Castelnau, will prove to be A. novcd-hollancUcB of Valenciennes, 

 (seeP.L.S. of N.S.W., 1881). 



