Br W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 367 



but it does not exceed the length of the others by more than one- 

 eighth of its length. The general colour is bluish- grey on the 

 back, becoming whitish on the belly ; the head is variegated with 

 blotches of greenish and olive brown, the dorsal fins are of a 

 clouded greyish tint, the spinous seeming to have the base 

 red ; the caudal fin is almost black, the anal blackish with a white 

 margin and base, the ventrals bluish-grey with an indistinct 

 whitish patch near the base. Length 26 inches. 



I name this fine fish after the Assistant Inspector of 

 Fisheries, Mr. Thomas Mulhall. His practised eye detected it 

 at once in the Sydney Fish Market as something unusual, and 

 he brought it to me. ]t now forms part of the collection of the 

 Commissioners of Fisheries. 



Ammotretis zoxatus, n. sj). 

 D. 75. A. 53. A^ dext. 7, sin. 3. P. 11. 



This species differs from A. rostratus, the only one of the 

 genus hitherto observed, in many respects, the most evident being 

 the general greyish-black colour, instead of the almost rufous- 

 brown of the other, in having across the body a broad irregular 

 indistinct zone of a whitish hue, in having the vertical fins 

 higher, the tail rather longer, the lower eye more distinctly in 

 advance of the other, and the maxillary flap smaller. The height 

 is considerably more than half the length of the body excluding 

 the caudal fin. Length 7 inches. 



Hah. Port Jackson. 



The type of this species also belongs to the Fisheries depart- 

 ment. 



DESCRIPTIO^fS OF SOME NEW Ql'EEXSLA.XI) FiSlIES* 



Br Charles AV. De Yis, B.A. 



Fam. BERYCID.E. 



CLEiDOprs, ;?. y. 

 Muzzle rounded, blunt, protruding. Cle^t of the mouth 

 oblique. Eye large. Teeth viliform on the jaws, palatines, 



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