878 NEW FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, 



ClKEROPS GRAPHICUS. 



D. 13/7. A. 3/9-10. Lat. 27-28. Tr. 3/9. 



The height of the body is 3 to 3£, the length of the head 4 

 nearly in the total length. Orbit 5, snout less than 3, interorbit 1 

 in the length of the head. No posterior canine. Preoperculum 

 not serrated. Scales of the cheeks in 8 series, subimbricate. 

 Preorbital 2£ to ?>\ in the length of the head. Yellowish grey to 

 brown with seven or eight broad black cross bands confluent in the 

 middle or on the dorsum. In one example a distinct black spot on 

 the lateral line opposite the 6th and 7th dorsal spine. Teeth blue. 

 Fins immaculate. 



Length to 14 inches. Locality, Queensland Coast (Card well.) 



COSSYPHUS LATRO. 



D. 12/9. A. 3/11. Lat. 33. Tr. 5/12. 



The height of the body is 3.V, the length of the head 3\ in the 

 total length. Orbit 7 preorbital 3^ in the length of the head. 

 Ventral -| of the height of the body. Both limbs of the preoper- 

 culum naked and entire. Nine series of scales on the cheeks 

 decreasing to four behind the orbit. Lateral teeth of lower jaw 

 distinct and large. Caudal rounded in the middle edge, the lobes 

 elongated. Ventrals with the outer rays gradually elongated. The 

 eight anterior spines of the dorsal without scales at the base, 

 increasing in length to the 4th and 5th, then decreasing, the ninth 

 one third longer, and together with the rest of the fin and the 

 anal scaly at the base. The first dorsal spine stands over the 

 middle of the pectoral. 



Colour of body (dry) yellowish. The scales margined with grey, 

 and each with a dark medial streak near the tip constituting 

 continuous lines. The eight anterior dorsal spines and webs black. 

 A black blotch at the base of the middle caudal web, another on the 

 l>;ise of the pectoral. Ventral streaked longitudinally with black. 



Length, 20 inches. Locality, Moreton Bay. 



