10 NOTES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, 



SCOLOPSIS MACROPHTHALMUS. sp. 1IOV. 



B. V. : D. 10/9 : A. 3/7 : V. 1/5 : P. 16 : C. 17 : L. lat. 38 : 

 L. trans. 4/15. 



Length of head 3 J, of caudal fin 4£,, height of body 3J in the 

 total length. Eyes large, their diameter 2\ in the length of the 

 head, f of that of the snout, and -§ of the flattened interorbital 

 space. Cleft of the mouth somewhat oblique ; the maxilla 

 reaches to below the front margin of the orbit. Preorbital with a 

 strong spine directed backwards, and two smaller ones in front of 

 it. Vertical limb of the preopercle with strong simple denticula- 

 tions, those on the produced angle being the coarsest ; opercle 

 with a distinct spine. Teeth in the jaws small, acute, and 

 separated ; those in front of the upper jaw rather longer and 

 curved. Dorsal spines moderate, the third and fourth equal and 

 longest, about J of the height of the body, and little more than 

 the diameter of the eye ; the fifth, sixth, and seventh rays longer 

 than the spines : third anal spine longer and as strong as the 

 second, equal in length to the longest dorsal spine : pectorals as 

 long as the head : the ventrals do not quite reach to the anal : 

 caudal forked, the upper lobe rather the longer. Upper part of 

 the head scaly as far as the front margin of the eyes. Colors, 

 olive-brown, each scale silvery at the base, and with numerous 

 round golden spots below the lateral line j occiput dark brown ; 

 cheeks silvery. A bluish tinge on the dorsal and anal fins ; 

 pectorals and ventrals brown ; basal half of the lower caudal lobe 

 with an orange tint ; irides golden. 



The specimen from which our description is taken was obtained 

 at Port Moresby, and measures 8^ inches in length. Its register 

 number is B. 9965. 



Cyrtus gulliveri. 



Kurtus gulliveri, Casteln., Proc. Linn. Soc , N. S. W. ii., 

 p. 233, and iii., p. 48. 



D. 10/13 : A. 2/43 : V. 1/5 : P. 14 : C. 17. 



Length of head 3*, of caudal fin 4\, height of body S\ in the 

 total length. Diameter of eyes 6| in the length of the head, l£ 



