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a^. Outer jaw teeth inabricate, in 2 to 4 rows, simple or tricuspid; dorsal spines 

 14 to 16. 

 d^. Melanichthys. Scales 49 to 52 in lateral line. 



e^. Body uniformly colored, or with 11 dark vertical bands. 



p. No black bar across pectoral base tricuspidata. 



p. Black bar across pectoral base melanichthys. 



e^. Pale vertical band from back to belly. 



gK Opercle scaly only on upper angle zonata. 



g^. Opercle entirely scaled mezina. 



d^. GiRELLOPs. Scales 60 to 63 in lateral line. 



hK Uniform dark brownish gray fimbriata. 



/i^. Dark umber to olive-brown with 7 dark transverse bands. 



nebulosa 

 Subgenus Girella Gray 



GIRELLA CYANEA Macleay 



Girella cyanea Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 409, 

 1881 (no locality, probably coast near Sydney). — Ogilby, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1887, p. 393 (Botany Bay and Broken Heads); Edible fishes 

 New South Wales, p. 45, 1893. — Waite, Prelim. Rep. Thetis Exp., p. 43, 

 1898 (Lord Howe Island); Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 5, p. 167, pi. 20, 

 fig. 3, 1904 (Lord Howe Island). — Stead, Fishes of Australia, p. 91, 1906 

 (New South Wales, Lord Howe Island). — Roughley, Fishes of Australia, 

 p. 54, pi. 13, 1916 (New South Wales, Kermadec and Lord Howe Islands). — 

 McCuLLOCH, Fishes of New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 62, 1927. 



Iredalella cyanea Whitley, Australian Zool., vol. 6, pt. 4, p. 320, 1931 (reference). 



Depth 2K; head S%. Snout 2% in head; ej^e 6)2, 2 in snout; maxil- 

 lary reaches % to eye, length 4)^ in head; lower jaw Httle shorter than 

 upper; interorbital convexly elevated; preopercle edge entire. 



Scales 62 along above lateral line to caudal base; tubes 58 in lateral 

 line to caudal base; 9 scales above lateral line, 19 below, predorsal 

 scales forward opposite hind eye edge; 6 rows across cheek to preop- 

 ercle ridge, flange broadly naked; opercles and muzzle entirely naked. 



D. XV, 13, sixth spine 3 in head, first ray 2%; A. Ill, 10, second 

 spine 3%, first ray 2Ko; least depth of caudal peduncle 2; pectoral 1%; 

 ventral Iji; caudal 3)3 in combined head and body to caudal base, 

 deeply emarginate, lobes pointed. 



Bright blue, fading at death. Young to 150 mm, dusky. (Waite.) 



New South Wales, Lord Howe and Kermadec Islands. Accord- 

 ing to McCuiloch, reaches 610 mm. 



GIRELLA PUNCTATA Gray 



Girella punctata Gray, Illustr. Indian Zool., Hardwicke, vol. 2, p. 98, pi., figs. 

 3, 4, 1833 (type locality: India).— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 427, 1859 (China Seas, China, type, Japan). — Steindachner and 

 DoDERLEiN, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nath. Kl., vol. 48, p. 21, 

 1884 (Tokyo). — Nystrom, Bihang kon. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handlingar, 

 Stockholm, pt. 4, No. 4, p. 15, vol. 13, 1889 (Nagasaki). — Elera, Cat. Fauna 

 Filip., vol. 1, p. 481, 1895 (Luzon, Cavite, Santa Cruz). — Ishikawa and 



