ADDITIONS TO THE FISH FAUNA OF LORD HOWE ISLAND — "WAITE. 45 

 CHiETODON TRICINCTUS, sp. nov. 



(Fig. 12). 



D. xii. 20. A. iii. 17. V. i. 5. P. 16. 0. 17. L. lat. 40. L. tr. 

 14 + 26. 



Length of head 3'1, height of body 1'25 in the length (caudal 

 excluded). Diameter of eye 2 8, and length of snout 4'5 in that 

 of the head. Interocular space very slightly convex, equal to the 

 diameter of the eye. Preopercle denticulated. Body short, deep, 

 and strongly compressed. Dorsal tin high, the spines very strong, 

 the sixth the longest, it equals the head in length. The anterior 

 rays are longer than the hinder spines, and the longest ray is a 

 little shorter than the longest spine. The first anal spine is 

 weaker, but longer than the first dorsal; the second is the longest 

 and strongest, equal to the third dorsal or 4*5 in the length of the 



Fig. 12. 



