BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 461 



Length, 3A- inches. Collected by Mr. J. Hamilton, Dunwich, 

 Moreton Bay ; received also from Mr. Steele, Tweed River. 



In the young four cross bands ai"e faintly indicated on the body, 

 distinctly on the dorsal fin. 



ApXoactis lichen. 

 D. 3 + 11/10. A. 10. P. 13. V. 1/3. 

 The height of the body is 3, the length of the head 2| in the 

 length, s.c. The length of the face is If in that of the head. 

 The first dorsal low, deeply notched. The second dorsal as high 

 as the length of the caudal, and extending to the base of the 

 latter. Head large, profile elevated over the operculum. Front 

 straight, rising at a high angle. No teeth on the vomer nor 

 palatines. 



Colour, liver bi*own with dark blotches irregularly disposed, and 

 forming cross-bands posteriorly. A large pinky-white lichen-like 

 spot on the upper corner of the pectoral and similar pink spots on 

 the opercle and orbit. 



Length, 6 inches. Locality, Moreton Bay. Collected by Mr. 

 G. Watkins, Dunwich. 



On comparison with the figure of A. Milesii, Rich, the dis- 

 tinctive charactei'S of this fish, its nuchal hump, long face, and 

 high soft dorsal are sufficiently obvious. 



Teuthis gibbosus. 



A procumbent pre-dorsal spine. 



The height of the body is 2?, the length of the head b\, in 

 the total length. Orbit and snout, each 3 in the length of the 

 head. Lower profile regularly convex, upper increasing in 

 convexity under the spinous portion of the dorsal. Last dorsal 

 spine § of the first ray. 



Colour, rufous grey, redder on the back, nearly white on the 

 abdomen, throat and cheeks. Dark brown spots sparsely scattered 

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