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^reath' depressetl, acute and broader tliaii lonij. The orbit cuts 

 the up2)er profile, tlie upi)ej- half being diiected superiorly, tho 

 outer half sublaterally. The jaws are e([ual, and the j)remaxillary 

 is* 1 -56 in the length of the head. 



The body is very stout, broader than iiigli ; the caudal 

 peduncle quadrangular. Origin of dorsal nearer the adipose fin' 

 than the snout by an eye's diameter. The anterior rays, when 

 depressefl, reach just beyond the insertion of the last ray, which is 

 not filamentous, the second ray is a little shorter than the length 

 t)f the fin or 1 -H in that of the head. The anal increases in length 

 backward, its last ray being twice the diameter of the eye. The 

 inner ventral rays are very long, the sixth being 1'25 in the 

 length of tlie head, and reaching beyond the posterior insertion 

 of the dorsal ; the pectoral is short and rounded, and the caudal 

 ^leeply forked. 



Scales. — The tip of the snout and the median groove as far as 

 the eyes are smooth. The top of the head including the upper, 

 Iiinder and lower mai'gin of the eye is rugose, as is also the upper 

 €dge of the humerals. Seven rows of scales on the cheek, 

 und about three on the upper part of the opercle. No keel on 

 the lateral line. 



Colours. — Yellow above and silvery beneath. All the scales 

 })roadly margined with reddish brown, the effect being ^•ery 

 marked on the lower surface. Owing to the roundness of the 

 body, the number of scales in the transverse seiies, cannot be 

 shown in the illustration. One example, 265 mm. in length. 



Loc. — Trawled between Fremantle anfl Houtnian's Abi-olhos. 



AuLOPUS PURPURISSATUS, Ricluirdsov. 



Anlopus pnrpvrin.satus, Richardson, Icon. Pise, 184."?, p. vi., 

 pi. ii., fig. 3. 



Loc. — Mandurah. 

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Centriscus scutatus, JAnnaus. 



Kyptifrisciis scutatus, Linnseus, 8yst. Nat., ed. i., 1758, p. 336. 



Saviile Kent mentions this species as occurring on the Barrier 

 Reef, but in respect to colouration his figure seems rather to 

 represent ^fJoliscus strir/atns, Giinther, lecoi'ded from Cape 

 York ; it must however be noted that the spine of the cuirass 

 is represented as unjointed, and that three dorsal spines are 



' The adipose fin is absent, bnt a pit suggests its position 



