392 NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, 



Colour yellowish grey. Caudal nearly black with a very narrow 

 white edge. Soft dorsal and webs of spinous dorsal behind the 

 first two broadly black edged, the extreme edging being pale. 



Length, 4 inches. Locality, Queensland coast. 



In sti*uctural characters approaching G. Bengalensis. 



Priacanthus junonis. 

 D. 10/13. A. 3/14. Lat. 87. Tr. 42. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length. The 

 length of the head, 3J in the same ; orbit, 2J ; snout 3 in the 

 length of the head ; interorbit, ^ of the orbit and ^ of the length 

 of the head. Lateral line indistinct on fore-part of the body 

 only. The posterior nostril is more than twice as long as broad 

 with its posterior side straight, its anterior convex. The oper- 

 culum has one spine. The preoperculum is serrated on both 

 limbs, and has a long fiat serrated spine at the angle. Dorsal 

 spines nearly equal, the second not much shorter than the last, 

 roughly striated. The ventrals reach to the base of the anal, but 

 are considerably shorter than the head. The maxillary reaches 

 the anterior fourth of the orbit. Colour uniform yellowish grey, 

 (dry) without spots or edgings. 



Length, 5 inches. Locality, Queensland coast. 



Herops. Nov. gen. 



Teeth on vomer and palatine bones ; in jaws viliform, without 

 canines. Eye very large. Operculum spiniferous. Preoperculum 

 serrated, without spines. One dorsal deeply notched ; dorsal and 

 anal sheathed. Lateral line continuous ; gape very oblique. 

 Habit elevated, compressed. Branchiostegals six. Upper surface 

 of head naked. 



H. MUNDA. 



D. 10/11-12. A. 3/11. Lat. 51. Tr. 5/11. 

 The height of the body is 3-\ to 3£ ; the length of the head 4 

 in the total length. The orbit nearly ^, the snout and interorbit 

 each 4 of the length of the head. 



