396 NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, 

 HOMODEMUS CAVIFRONS. 



D. 11/16. A. 3/13. 



The height of the body and length of the head are each 2-| in 

 the length of the body, s.c. Orbit 7h, inter-orbit 4|, and snout 4, 

 in the length of the head ; 5th dorsal spine about -£ of the height 

 of the body. 



Profile gibbous at the insertion of the dorsal, concave over the 

 head. Head broad behind, muzzle depressed. The maxillary 

 readies beyond the hinder edge of the orbit. Dorsal deeply notched, 

 the spinous portion rather lower than the soft and the anal. 

 Caudal rounded. Fifth dorsal spine the longest. Second anal 

 equal in length to the third but much stronger. Scales rounded, 

 obscurely ctenoid. 



Colour brown, without markings. 



Length, 14 inches. Locality, Tally River. 



DULES HUMILIS. 



D. 10/11. A. 3/11. Lat. 50. Tr. 5/10. 



Height of the body one-third, and length of the head £ of the 

 total length. Orbit 3, inter-orbit and snout each 3|- in the length 

 of the head. 



The dorsal is deeply notched, its 4th and 5th spines longest, and 

 equal to more than one-half the height of the body. Habit high, 

 compressed with the upper profile rather gibbous at the origin of 

 the first dorsal, and slightly concave over the head. Caudal deeply 

 emarginate. Second anal spine as long as and stronger than the 

 third. Operculum with two small points. Pre-opercle finely 

 serrated. Eye large. The maxillary reaches the anterior fourth 

 of the orbit. 



Colour silvery, immaculate, dai'ker on the back. Caudal broadly 

 dark-edged all round. 



Length, 4 inches. Locality, Queensland. 



