NOTES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, 



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NOTES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES. 

 By E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., and J. Douglas-Ogilby. 



In the following paper will be found descriptions of four new 

 fishes from Australian waters, the two first having been obtained 

 in Port Jackson, namely, Gobius depressus, and Monacanthus 

 mosaicus ; the remaining two, Solea textilis and Galaxais kayi 

 were sent for identification to us from the Adelaide Museum. 



GOBIUS DEPRESSUS. sp. UOV. 



D. 6 : 1/10 : A. 1/9 : V. 1/5 : P. 17 : C. 15 : L. lat. ca. 42. 

 L. trans, ca. 12. 



Length of head 5 J, of caudal fin 3|, height of body 11 in the 

 total length. Eyes close together on the upper surface of the head, 

 the diameter is 4 \ in the length of the head and equal to that of 

 the snout, which is obtuse. Head very much depressed, its breadth 

 equal to the distance between the anterior margin of the eye and 

 the gill-opening ; its height 2g in its length. Cleft of mouth 

 oblique ; lower jaw much the longer. Maxilla does not reach to 

 the front margin of the orbit. Several rows of pointed teeth in 

 both jaws, the outer row in each being much enlarged especially in 

 front, and moderately curved. Fourth dorsal spiue the longest, 

 much more than the height of the body ; the last spine is so far 

 removed from the penultimate as to be almost midway between it 

 and the origin of the soft dorsal : pectorals long, reaching to the 

 vent and equal in length to the head : anal commences beneath the 



