178 DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



of the caudal ray Caudal rounded of 22 rays. Height of the 

 body at the vent six times, and at the ventrals 4 \ times, in 

 the total length. A strong row of curved canine teeth. The 

 maxillary reaches to the vertical from nearly the middle of the eye ; 

 interorbital space \ diameter of the eye ; length of the snout about 

 13 times that of the eye ; diameter of the eye 3^ in the length of the 

 head ; width of the head from the hinder margin of the orbit equal 

 to the distance from thence to the snout, the length of the head to 

 point of operculum 3^- of the total. Small scales on the body, none 

 on the head, none on fins. End of maxillary free, overlapping the 

 anterior portion of the preoperculum. No teeth on palate or vomer, 

 pharyngeal teebh in a cluster, strongly curved inwards, a strong 

 cluster at the base of tongue, narrow band of teeth on the maxill- 

 aries with an outer series with strong curved teeth set rather wide 

 apart ; in the lower jaw an inner and an outer series of strong 

 incurved teeth, a series of smaller teeth between them: Lateral 

 line bent under the 8th spine, the remainder of it straight. 



Hab. Torres Straits, Queensland. 



Said to live in holes in the sand, 



Presented to the Museum by Mr. Cousens. 



Genyoroge Macleayana, sp. nov. 



D. 11/14, A. 3/9, P. 17, L. lat. 60-70. L. transv. 10-11/20. 

 The first spine of the dorsal very short, the 5th, 6th and 

 7th, nearly equal and longest, the 8th ray longest, the others 

 decreasing in length to the 14th ; the 3rd spine in the anal longest 

 and strongest, about a third longer than the 2nd, the first only J 

 the length of the 2nd, and about J the length of the 3rd, the 

 4th and 5th ray longest, the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th gradually 

 decreasing. Pectoral falcate, tapering to a point, the 5th ray 

 longest. Lower jaw in advance of the upper. Deep notch on the 

 preoperculum, the lower border of which is serrated ; from 3 to 

 rows of scales on the cheeks ; 12 to 13 on the gill-cover. Bony 

 protuberance on the interoperculum comparatively small. The 

 length of the maxillary equals the length of the snout from 

 the anterior margin of the eye. The diameter of the eye is 2 J in 



