698 NEW FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



Locality, Murray Island, Torres Straits. Collected by Mr. K. 

 Broadbent. 



Petroscirtes lineatus. 



D. 30. A. 17. 



The height of the body is 6, the length of the head 5 in the total 

 length. Orbit 3 in the length of the head, interorbit § of the 

 orbit, and longer than the snout. Lower canines more than \ of 

 the orbit. Upper canines very small. Profile of bead regularly 

 convex. Yellowish white with equi-distant black longitudinal 

 bands, the upper meeting on the interorbit, the middle before 

 the eyes, the lower from the angle of the mouth. Dorsals edged 

 with black. Anal pectoral and ventral uniform yellowish. 



Locality, Murray Island, Torres Straits. Collected by Mr. K. 

 Broadbent. 



Leme purpurascens. 



D. 5/37. A 31. P. 10. V. 15-16. 



The height of the body is £ of the total length. The length of 

 the head £ of the same. That of the tail 1? of the length of the 

 head and trunk. No rudimentary scales visible. Radiating groups 

 of muciferous ridges round each eye speck, on the snout and cheeks. 

 Teeth I in front. Dorsal and anal distinctly divided from the 

 caudal. 



Colour in life deep purple red with a series of pale spots down 

 the middle line of the body. Pins dark with pale edges. 



Length, 3 to 5 inches. Locality, Brisbane. 



Habitat. — Mud of river banks. 



AMBLYOPUS NIGER. 



This name is proposed for an Amblyopus of which a single 

 example which has been allowed to dry up after maceration in 

 spirit occurs in the collection of Queensland fish. Its fin formula 

 cannot be confidently given but it seems to have five spines in the 

 first dorsal and none intermediate between the two fins. The 

 height of the head is 12, its length 6| in the total length The 

 colour uniform deep black. 



