264 THE FISHES OF NEW GUINEA, 



a-half ; the mouth is small, the lips thick, the maxillary broad, and 

 not reaching to the level of the eye ; a flat acute opercular spine ; the 

 longest dorsal spine, rather more than half the height of the body ; 

 caudal fin emarginate. Colour red or yellow, with two broad 

 brown bands extending from the back to below the middle of the 

 sides, under the spinous and soft dorsal fins respectively. 

 " Igomar " of the natives. Hood Bay. 



316. XJPENEUS FILAMENTOSUS. n. Sp. 



D. 8/9. A. 7. L. lat. 28. L. tr. 2/5. 



Height of body one-fourth of the total length ; length of head 

 greater than the height of the body, profile straight, space between 

 the eyes a little convex, and as wide as two diameters of the orbit. 

 Snout long and rather pointed, the distance from the eye to the 

 snout being equal to four diameters of the orbit ; the mouth is 

 small ; the lips thick ; teeth strong and blunt. The spinous dorsal 

 terminates in filaments, the third spine equals the height of the 

 body. Colour pink, with yellow and blue lines about head and 

 soft dorsal. Length, 9 inches. 



" Mara-aga of the natives. Hood Bay. 



Upeneus barberinoides, multifasciatus, and tragula were also 

 brought from Hood Bay. 



SPAMD^. 

 317. Lethrinqs h^ematopterus. Bleek. 



Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc, p. 112, tab. 57, fig. 4. 



" Carri-carri " of the natives. Engineer group. 



Specimens of Lethrinus lentjanus, and ornatus were also got. 



318. Pemilepterus waigiensis. Quoy and Gaim. 

 Gunth. Cat. 1, p. 498. Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Chgetod., tab. 2, fig. 2. 

 " Saborre " of the natives. Engineer group. 



319, Sph^erodon grandoculis. Forsk. 

 Gunth. Cat. 1 p. 465. Bleek. All. Ichth. Perc. p. 105, tab. 

 21, fig. 1. 



" Mattabossi " of the natives. Engineer Group. 



