NOTES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 

 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CORIS. 



BY 



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



CoRis REX. sp. nov. 



D. 9/12; A. 3/12; V. 1/5; P. 13; C. 14; L. lat. 98; L. 

 trans. 11/38. 



Length of head 4i, height of body 3*0 in the total length. 

 Ei/es — small, diameter ] of the length of head, % of that of snout, 

 and I of the convex interorbital space. Upper jaw rather the 

 longer ; the maxilla extends to the vertical from the posterior 

 nostrii. Teeth — in both jaws in a double series, the inner of 

 which is minute ; a pair of strong canines in front of either jaw, 

 those of the lower jaw fitting between the ujiper ones when the 

 mouth is closed ; the upper jaw has a strong curved tooth behind 

 eacli anterior canine ; about ten lateral teeth on each ramus ; these 

 decrease in size gradually from the front ; a pair of posterior 

 canines at each angle of the mouth. Fins — The dorsal commences 

 midway between the base of the pectoral and the hind limb of the 

 preopercle ; its spines are moderately strong, subequal in length, as 

 long as the snout : the anal commences opposite the soft dorsal ; 

 its third spine is longest, not nearly so long as the last dorsal 

 spine : pectox-als well developed, equal to the distance between the 

 front margin of the eye and the point of the opercular flap : 

 outer ventral ray elongate, rather longer than the pestorals, and 

 reaching to the vent : caudal slightly rounded. Lateral line — 

 curved beneath the ninth and tenth dorsal rays : its tubules 

 simple. Conors— reddish-brown, inclining to salmon-color below; 

 a broad purplish-brown band between the seventh and eighth 

 dorsal spines and the anus ; this is margined on either side by a 



