542 NEW FISIIES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, 



Equula DISPAR. 

 D. 8/20. A. 3/14. 



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

 total length. Second dorsal and anal spines 1| in the length of 

 the head. Superorbital spines distinct. Lower pieopercular edge 

 distinctly serrated, ;? of the length of the mandible, The mandible 

 rises at an angle of 50°. Lateral line continued to the caudal 

 peduncle. Caudal ernarginate. Scales minute. Teeth strong, 

 especially the upper incisors, but without canines. Profile below 

 more convex than above and anteriorly than posteriorly ; silvery- 

 brown on the back with a series of blotches below the base of the 

 dorsals. 



Cape York. One example. 



Equula longispina. 

 D. 7/16. A. 3/14. 



The height of the body is 3, the length of the head 4^, in the 

 total length. Second dorsal spine 2 in the same, second anal spine 

 I of the height. Superorbital spines small. Profile equal above 

 and below. Lower preopercular edge obscurely serrated at the 

 angle. The mandible rises at an angle of 30°. Lateral line 

 continued to the middle of the soft dorsal. Caudal strongly 

 ernarginate. Scales minute. Uniform silvery, the upper lip 

 black. 



Cape York. One specimen. 



Equula ajigentea. 



D. 8/16. A. 3/14. 

 The height of the body is 21, the length of the head 3|, in the 

 total length. Second anal spine 2, second dorsal spine less than 

 2, in the length of the head. Superorbital spines moderate. 

 Cavity on the head elongate oval, twice as long as broad. Lower 

 per opercular margin distinctly serrated, |th the length of the 

 mandible. The mandible rises at an angle of about 40.° Lateral 



