288 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



in each jaw on each side, Four series of scales below the eye, two 

 behind it, the front one large ; scales of opercle large ; Tubules of 

 lateral line dichotoniously branched on the loins, simple posteriorly ; 

 lower profile more convex than the upper. Colour (recent), reddish 

 olive, with several indefinite dark cross bars. On the trunk a 

 number of rather more distinct longitudinal bands, the median 

 three radiating from the orbit ; cheek and lips reddish orange ; 

 dorsal fin crimson, a deep blue spot between the second and third 

 spines ; pectoral pink, a small deep blue spot above the axilla. 



Long. 7." 



Loc. Moreton Bay. 



Plagusia notata, 



D. +C.+ A. 190. V. 4. 



Height less than three and a-half in the total length ; head four 

 and one-fourth in the same. Rostral reaching somewhat behind 

 the lower eye. Nostril in a papilla about one-eighth of an inch long. 

 Three lateral lines on the left side, communicating with each other 

 by vertical ones upon the head and operculum. Dorsal fin commenc- 

 ing nearly on a level with the upper eye ; on the left side a long 

 veined papilla with an orifice (nasal ?) near its base. Color (recent) 

 dark brown, becoming ruddy in front of the eyes. The ground 

 color is broken up by black lines enclosing pale angular spots, 

 whereof congeries of four or five of larger size are scattered over 

 the body pretty closely, their interspaces being filled with the 

 smaller ones. Fins with short vermiculate lines and small spots of 

 white. Left side, uniform white. 



Long. 11/' 



Loc. — Moreton Bay. 



Synaptura cinerea. 



D. 57. C. 14. A. 39. Y. 4. P. 4. 



Height one-half, and head one sixteenth of the total length 

 Pectoral (right) one-half, snout one-third, and interorbit one-sixth 

 of the length of the head. Ventrals continuous with, but somewhat 

 removed from the anal. Dorsal and anal in similar confluence with 

 the caudal, the connecting webs notched. No ocular tentacles. 

 Barbels fringing lips and surrounding nasal tube, which is not 



