546 NEW FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, 



hack, partially interrupted above and below the lateral line. The 

 lowest end forming as many oval black spots in a longitudinal row. 

 Bead blackish brown, paler on the cheeks except two blackish 

 i \ | mnding stripes from the orbit to the preopercle. Soft dorsal with 

 three rows of large blackish spots. Caudal transversely banded 

 with dark spots. 



Length, 7 inches. Locality, South port (Brisbane.) Collected 

 by Mr. E. Hanlan. 



Percis concinna. 



D. 5/22. A. 1/18. Lat. 84. 



The height of the body is more than 6, the lengch of the head 

 4|, in the total length. Orbit 5 nearly, interorbit 7, snout 2f, in 

 the total length of the head. The maxillary reaches the vertical 

 from the fore edge of the orbit. The opercular spine is flat. The 

 first dorsal rises behind the level of the base of the pectoral, the 

 anal opposite the fifth dorsal ray. The upper caudal lobe (and 

 apparently the lower) is prolonged into a filament. Posterior 

 scales with a low central ridge at base. 



Colour (dry) light grey with six darker grey interrupted cross 

 bands, except the fifth web and spine, and the lower part of the 

 fourth web. Soft dorsal transparent grey with three rows of 

 opaque white spots. Caudal barred with opaque white, anal 

 obscurely spotted with same. 



Length, 7 inches. Locality, Moreton Bay. 



AUTENNARIUS MOLUCCENSIS. Blk. 



A Queensland example, as I have every reason to believe, is in 

 the collection. 



Thalassophryne cceca. 



D. 2/20. A. 18-19. V. 2. 

 The height of the body in front of the pectoral is rather more 

 than 5, the length of the head 3f, approximately in the total 

 length. The interorbit broader than the long diameter of the 



