BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.R.S.E., AND J. DOUGLAS-OGILBY. 13 



of the scales with a dark spot posteriorly ; below grey : second 

 dorsal and caudal spotted with dark brown, the latter tipped with 

 the same. 



The specimen measures four inches. Register number B. 9,050. 



Hab. Strickland River 



NEMATOCEXTRIS NOViE-GUINEiE. Sp. 710V. 



D. 1/5. 1/14 : A. 1/22-23 : V. 1/5 : P. 14 : C. 18 : L. lat. 35 : 

 L. trans. 11 : Vert. 36. 



Length of head 4^, of caudal fin 5-J, height of body 2i in the total 

 length. Eyes with an overhanging bony lid ; the diameter is $ of 

 the length of the head, % of that of the snout, and 5 of the interor- 

 bital space, which is depressed, naked, and corrugated. Upper jaw 

 slightly overhanging the lower ; maxilla does not reach to the 

 vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Profile in front of 

 the first dorsal very slightly concave. Cleft of mouth angular, 

 the lower jaw closing into the angle of the upper. The entire 

 jaws both outside and inside, closely set with short sharp recurved 

 teeth : a patch of similar teeth on the head of the vomer ; none on 

 the palatiues. Rays of the first dorsal filamentous, much longer 

 than those of the second : anal commences opposite the origin of the 

 first dorsal : ventrals inserted far behind the base of the pectorals, 

 and reaching to the second anal ray : caudal forked. Scales 

 with crenulated edges, covering the cheeks, opercles, and occiput 

 behind the eyes, the anterior scales being very large and promi- 

 nent ; there are 17 scales in front of the first dorsal fin. Colors 

 brownish, washed with silvery, many of the scales on the upper 

 half of the body with a transverse reddish or golden stripe ; the 

 vertical fins are distinctly tinged with red, and there are indica- 

 tions of a round dark spot at the root of the caudal fin. 



Described from a specimen 4f inches long ; register number 

 B. 9,947. Young examples are not nearly so high in the body as 

 the adult. 



Hab. Strickland River. 



