BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 11 



the last third of the pectoral ; the third anal spine is higher than 

 the second, the soft dorsal and anal fins are alike , the ventrals 

 commence beneath the first quarter of the pectorals and extend to 

 the anus. Caudal slightly rounded. Colour in spirit dark brown, 

 fins grey. 



Yarra Lagoon. (Klunzinger.) 



1145. Microperca Tasmania. Johnston. 



Proc. Hoy. Soc. Tasmania, 1882. p. 110. 



D. 8/ 7 V A. 3/8. L. lat. 28-30. L. tr. 12. P. 13. 



" Body compressed. Length of head equal to depth of body at 

 shoulder, and contained in total length four times. Prceoperculum 

 not serrated. Scales relatively large, ctenoid. Eye large, nearly 

 as broad as length of snout ; the latter contained in head four 

 times; dorsal deeply cleft, the first spine slightly pointing 

 forward when erect ; situated immediately over the posterior 

 extremity of pectoral ; the second and third spines longest. Anal 

 commencing in a vertical line, scarcely in advance of the first 

 spinous ray of second dorsal. The second dorsal and the anal soft 

 rays gradually increase in width, the last two or three being of 

 equal length and nearly half the length of the body. Catidal 

 peduncle somewhat elongate. Caudal truncate. Colour dark 

 olive with a pinkish streak along the sides from shoulder to tail. 

 Base of dorsal, anal and caudal tins pinkish, with blackish margins. 

 Belly silvery tinged with gold. Eye dark blue, with golden 

 streak around eye ball." 



Abundant in Rivers North and South Esk. (Johnston.) 



Length, 3 to 5 \ inches. 



1146. Gulliveria Ramsayi. N. sp. 



B. 5. D. 6/£. A. 2/9. L. lat. 44. L. tr. 4/12. 



Body compressed and moderately elevated ; the height being 

 twice and two-thirds in the length, exclusive of the caudal fin ; 

 the length of the head is about the same ; the diameter of the eye 

 is rather more than the width of the interorbital space, which 

 is flat, naked, much channelled, and about equal to the length of 

 the snout measured to the extremity of the lower jaw. The 



