758 NOTES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



rows, small, conical, pointed, and slightly curved in both jaws, each 

 standing quite apart from those which surround it ; villiform bands 

 on the vomer, palatines, and tongue. Spines of the first dorsal 

 short, moderately strong, the fourth the longest, ^ the height of the 

 anterior dorsal rays ; last dorsal and anal ray rather more elongate 

 than those immediately preceding them ; the free anal spines very 

 minute ; pectoral short, about one-half the length of the head ; 

 ventrals not quite two-thirds of the same ; caudal forked. Scales 

 minute ; lateral line rather wavy in its anterior half. Colors, bluish- 

 bronze above, silvery below ; snout, occiput, and fins yellowish, 

 except the ventrals, which are brown on the inner, and white on 

 the outer surface. 



The specimen from which our description has been drawn up 

 measures 8.50 inches ; it was labelled Seriola lalandii. but the 

 height of the body and shortness of snout at once separate it from 

 that species. It is probably from Port Jackson. Registered 

 number B 9205. 



