42 SUPPLEMENT TO CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF AUSTRALIA, 



1126. Mugil Mulleri. Kluuz. 



Sitzb. der K. Akad. der Wisscnsch., 1879, p 395. 



D. 4/J. A. 3/8. L. lat. 38-40. L. tr. 14. 



Height 41 and head 4 times in the total length. Nearly related 

 to M. suj)positus. Gunth. but of different dimensions. Month in 

 front angular, pointed ; upper lip narrow ; both lips with well 

 developed cilia ; keel of the under jaw simple ; prseorbital toothed 

 on its posterior margin ; the posterior small end of the maxillary 

 not. Head scaly above as far as the lip ; dorsal rays stiff but not 

 thick. Eye without adipose membrane. Colour simple, silvery ; 

 fins without black magin ; no axillary spot. 8 Ctm. 



King George's Sound. (Klunzinger.) 



1227. Mugil nasutus. De Vis. 

 Pro. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. VII., p. 621. 

 Rockingham Bay. 



1228. Mugil Ramsayi. Macleay. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. VTIL, p. 208. 

 Burdekin River. 



Family. CENTRISCID^E. 



1229. Centriscus gracilis. Lowe. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, 1839, p. 86. Gunth. Cat. III., p. 521. 



B. 4. D. 4-5/11. A. 18-19. P. 16. V. 5. C. 6 x 4 x 5 x 6. 



The height of the body is contained twice and three-fifths to 

 three times in the distance of the operculum from the base of the 

 caudal fin. The second dorsal spine is rather strong, not (or very 

 indistinctly) denticulated posteriorly, its length being one-fourth 

 or two-ninths of the distance of the operculum from the caudal. 



Port Jackson. (Macl. Mus.) 



C scolopax I have never seen here. Mr. Johnston's scohpax is 

 probably this species, 



Family. GOBIESOCID^E. 



Genus Gobiesox. Lacep. 

 Anterior part of the body very broad and depressed ; skin 

 tough. Snout very obtuse. Dorsal fin short, situated on the tail. 



