BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. Gl 



the anal ring ; pectoral and caudal fins distinct, anal rudimentary. 

 Body anteriorly a little higher than broad, nearly square. Colour 

 brownish on the back, with lighter shield like transverse marks or 

 bands at varying distances, and about 12 in number. 10 Ctms. 

 Port Phillip. (Klunzinger.) 



1282. SOLEITOGNATHUS FASCIATUS. Gimth. 



Report Chall. Exp. Zool. Part VI., p. 30, pi. XIV., fig. B. 



D. 41. Osseous rings, 27 x 55. 



This species is most closely allied to Solenognathus spinosissimus, 

 having the same rough and spiny scutes, but the forehead is some- 

 what broader, the dorsal longer and composed of more numerous 

 rays, and the back of the trunk ornamented with seven narrow 

 blackish cross-bars. Also the prseanal region is blackish. Length 

 of specimen, 11 inches, (tail h\ inches. 



Twofold Bay. 120 fathoms. (Gunther.) 



Family. GYMNODONTES. 

 1283. Tetrodon reticularis. Bl. Schn. 



Gunth. Cat. VIII., p. 296. T. testudineus Bleek. Atl. Gymnod, 

 p. 71, pi. 8, fig. 3. 



Very small spines cover the whole body from the nostrils to the 

 root of the caudal fin ; those on the abdomen with two, three, or 

 four roots. Snout short and obtuse, about one-third of the length 

 of the head, and two-thirds of the width of the broad and flat 

 interorbital space. Length of the caudal fin ecpxal to its distance 

 from the front margin of the dorsal. Abdomen with rather 

 numerous brown or black longitudinal bands, obliquely ascending 

 over the cheeks to the upper part of the head, and passing on the 

 side into a brown network, the meshes enclosing round whitish 

 spots. On the back the brown is the ground colour, with round 

 whitish spots. Caudal fin with round yellowish spots, separated 

 by a blackish network. Vert. 8/10. 



Lower Burdekin. Salt water. (Macleay.) 



