BY WILLIAM MACLEAT, F.L.S., &C. 17 



The length of the diameter of the eyes is rather more than the 

 width of the distance between them, and 1| in the length of the 

 snout ; the maxillary reaches to the vertical from the anterior 

 nostril. There is a slight protuberance before the upper anterior 

 angle of the orbit. Canine and molar teeth moderate. Dorsal 

 spines moderate ; the fourth rather shorter than the longest ra y, 

 and one-third of the length of the head ; caudal forked with 

 pointed lobes. Olive, bluish spots on the sides of the head. 

 (Gunther.) 



Port Darwin. (Klunzinger.) 



1163. Lethrinus reticl'latls. Cuv. and Val. 



Gunth. Cat 1, page 457. 



D. 10 9. A. 3/8. L. Lat. 43 (48 ?) L. tr. 5 17. 



The height of the body is 4 in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the snoirt is pointed, scarcely longer than the diameter 

 of the eye, which is one-third of the length of the head, the 

 maxillary reaches nearly to the vertical from the anterior margin 

 of the eye. Canine teeth distinct and curved ■ lateral teeth 

 conical, the posterior ones obtuse. Caudal fin emarginate with 

 pointed lobes. Olive or rose coloured ; head and body with 

 violet specks, arranged in irregulai transverse bands ; generally 

 two violet streaks from the eye to the snout ; the spinous dorsal 

 marbled with violet ; ventral fins violet ; the rays of the vertical 

 fins with five cross streaks. 



Endeavour River and Port Darwin (Klunzinger.) 

 Family. CIRRFHT1D.K. 

 Species 27*2. Chilodactylus spectabilis. Hutton. 



Add to synonyms Chilodactylus asper Klunzinger. 



Archiv. fur. Naturg. XXXVIII., 1872. 



Mr. Ft, M. Johnston (Cat. Roy. Soc , Tasm., 1883) considers C. 

 Alport i. a distinct species. In my catalogue I followed Dr. 

 Gunther. 



11G4. Chilodactylus xebulosus. Klunz. 



Archiv. fur. Xaturg. XXXVIIL, 1872. Sitzb. der K. Akad. der 

 Wissensch., 1879, p. 364. 



D. 16,24. A. 3/9. P. 8,6. L. lat. 55. L. tr. 5/12. 







