DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW FISHES FROM 

 PORT JACKSON. 



By J. Douglas-Ogilby, 

 Senior Assistant Zoologist, Australian Museum. 



SCYLLIUM ANALE. Sp. nOV. 



The space between the eyes is greater than that between the tip 

 of the snout and the anterior margin of either eye. Nasal valves 

 not confluent, destitute of a cirrus ; nostrils nearer to the mouth 

 than to the snout. A short labial fold round either angle of the 

 mouth. Teeth in several rows in both jaws, each with a short 

 lateral cusp ou either side ; behind those of the lower jaw is a 

 band of short fringed cirri. Gill-openings of moderate size, the 

 last smallest ; the two last situated above the base of the pectoral. 

 The first do)-sal has its origin at the middle of the total length, and 

 is equal in size to the second. The anal ends rather behind the 

 origin of the second dorsal, than which it is much larger, its base 

 being If of the base of that tin; and the interspace between the 

 end of its base and the origin of the caudal is but § of the base 

 itself. Yentrals a little in advance of the first dorsal ; their outer 

 and posterior margins form a very acute angle. Lower caudal lobe 

 large ; posterior lobe obliquely truncated behind. 



Body and fins stone-color ; the upper parts are ornamented with 

 nine large sub-circular brown blotches, each of which has a marginal 

 series of round deep-brown spots, and often a central spot. The 

 sides are similarly, but more faintly Ijlotched and spotted ; these 

 lateral blotches being for the most part placed opposite to the 

 intersjiaces between those of the dorsal. The two cranial blotches 

 are drawn out laterally, and are also joined together by a broad 

 densely spotted band. The lower parts are dirty white. 



