260 THE FISHES OF NEW GUINEA, 



large : the coracoid is large and serrated. The dorsal spines are 

 strong, the fifth and sixth longest, the anal spines very strong but 

 not very long, the third quite as long as the second ; the soft 

 dorsal and anal fins have the middle rays longest, giving them a 

 rounded appearance ; the caudal fin is very slightly emarginate. 

 The colour seems to have been dark brown on the back and sides 

 and yellow on the belly, every scale appearing to have a central 

 yellow or pearly spot, increasing in size towards the belly, two or 

 three indistinct longitudinal blackish bands are discernable on the 

 sides on the posterior portion of the body, there are three indistinct 

 black spots placed vertically on the base of the caudal fin ; the 

 extremities of the soft dorsal, anal and caudal fins seem to have 

 been whitish. Length, 8 inches. 

 Fresh water. Goldie River. 



294. Therapon caudovittatus. Richards. 



Voy. Ereb. and Terr. Fish., p. 24, pi. 18, fig. 3-5. Gunth. Cat. 

 1, p. 284. 



Gulf of Papua. 



Therapon servus and Cuvieri, were also in this collection. 



295. Diagramma PARDALis. Cuv. and Yal. 



Gunth. Cat. 1, p. 323. D. chcetodontoides, Lacep. Gunth. Cat. 

 1, p. 326. 



Flectorhynchus chcetodontoides, Bleek. Atl. Ich. Perc, tab. 23, 

 fig. 3, and tab. 25, fig, 2. 



" Deboro-gabu-gabu " of the natives. 



Hab. — China Straits. 



296. Diagramma Lessonii. Cuv. and Yal. 



Gunth. Cat. 1, p. 329. Lesson. Yov. Coq. Zool., vol. 2, p. 199, 

 pi. 24. 



Plectorhynchus Lessoni, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc, p. 19, tab. 

 39, fig. 3. 



" Kidali " of the natives. 



Hab. — Hood Bay. 



