BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 539 



Dorsal continuous, lowest over the eleventh spine. Preopercle 

 entire. First ray of ventral not pi-oduced. Anterior nosti'il much 

 the smaller. 



Colour uniform silvery grey (dry), paired fins yellow. A large 

 deep chesnut blotch on the axil. 



Length, 27 inches. Locality, Brisbane River. 



Locally known as the Jewfish. 



Naseus strigatus. 

 D. 4/33. A. 2/25. 



The height of the body is 2 : the length of the head 3§ in the 

 total length. The snout is one half nearly of the length of the 

 head. The height of the soft dorsal is one-half of the total length 

 of the body. The profile of the head is straight, no horn being 

 developed. A single caudal spine directed forwards. Teeth 

 large, denticulated throughout, Form elevated, compressed. Tail 

 truncated, anal deep. 



Colour black. Preorbital portion of head and throat pale. 

 Seven broad pale bands, indistinct posteriorly, across the body and 

 tail, the first passing through the hinder part of the orbit to the 

 ventral. Tail pale (yellow in life.) 



Length, 2^ inches. Locality, Queensland coast. 



CAEANX AURIGA. 



D. 6, 1/21. A. 2, 1/20. Lat. 98, plates 38. 

 The height of the body in front of the pectoral is 4 nearly, in 

 front of the anal 3^, the length of the head is 4f , in the total 

 length. Orbit 4 nearly, snout 3|, in the length of the head. 

 First dorsal, weak first ray of second dorsal prolonged to the 

 middle of the caudal, of anal a little prolonged. Caudal lobed, 

 large. Length of pectoral more than the greatest height of the 

 body, equal to the straight portion of the lateral line. Teeth 

 villiform, with a stronger outer row on the jaws. Anterior half 

 (nearly) of lateral line forms a low parabolic curve to below the 



