BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, SI. A. 397 



Helotes PROFUNDIOR. 

 D. 12/10. A, 3/9. Lat, 90. Tr. 17/36. 



The height of the body is nearly 4, the length of the head 5 J in 

 the total length of the body. Orbit 4, snout 3, in the length of 

 the head. Teeth distinctly lobed. Mandibles with a line of open 

 pores continuous round -the symphysis. Operculum with two flat 

 points, the upper one small, the lower (on one side) elongate. 

 Upper limb and angle of pre-opercle serrated, coracoid denticulated. 

 The maxillaxy reaches the vertical from the posterior nostril. 

 Spinous dorsal arched, the 5th spine the longest. Anal spines 

 short and weak. Caudal emarginate. Snout obtuse, tumid over 

 the nasal region. 



Colour pinky brown with golden reflexions especially on the 

 head. Four dark brown longitudinal lines on the head and body. 



Length, 6 inches. Locality, S. Australia. 



The comparative depth of this fish and the narrowness of its 

 scales are characters sufficiently distinctive. The longitudinal 

 lines are indistinct in the spirit specimen, in the recent fish there 

 may be more than four visible. 



Therapon spinosior. 

 D. 14/8. A. 3/8. Lat. 56. Tr. 4/12. 



Height of the body, ? and the length of the head ^ of the total 

 length. Orbit and snout each 3J in the length of the head. 



Habit oblong. Upper profile regularly convex from tail to tip 

 of snout. Dorsal and caudal moderately emarginate. The upper 

 maxillary reaches the level of the interval between the nostrils. 

 Angle of the pre-operculum rounded, its hinder limb obtusely 

 serrated, more acutely at the angle. Operculur spine moderate 

 with a deep notch above it. 



Colour yellowish brown, with a brighter band along the middl e 

 of each scale. Fins uniform. 



Length, 4 inches. Locality, Queensland. 



