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1890.— Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef, pp. 292, 370, pi. 45, fig. 2, 1893.— 

 Ogilby, Edible fishes New South Wales, p. 102, pi. 27, 1893; Handb. Sydney, 

 p. 133, 1898. — Waite, Rec. AustraUan Miis., vol. 4, p. 47, 1901 (Lord Howe 

 Island); Mem. New South Wales Natural. Club, No. 2, p. 31, 1904.— Stead, 

 Fishes of Australia, p. 109, fig. 40, 1906 (New South Wales, Queensland, 

 Victoria, Tasmania); Edible fishes New South Wales, p. 63, pi. 33, 1908. — 

 McCxTLLocH, Zool. Res. Endeavour, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 62, 1911 (east coast Aus- 

 tralia); Fishes of New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 50, 1927. — Fowler, Mem. 

 Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 235, 1928 (on Gtjnther). 



Sillago diadoi THioLLifeRE, Fauna Woodlark, p. 151, 1857 (type locality: Wood- 

 lark Island). 



Sillago insularis Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, p. 113, 

 1873 (type locality: Noumea, New Caledonia). 



Sillago terrae-reginae Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 2, p. 232, 

 1878 (type locaUty: Brisbane, Moreton Bay). 



Sillago bassensis (not Cuvier) Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. 3, p. 381, 1879 (Cape York). — Macleat, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 5, p. 567, 1881 (compiled). — Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef , 

 p. 291, 1893 (Queensland). — Tosh, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, vol. 17, p. 

 175, pis. 8-14, 1903. 



Depth 4% to 4K; head S% to 3%, width 2Ko to 2}i. Snout 2 to 2Ko 

 in head; eye 5K to 6}^, 2% to SYs in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital ; 

 maxillary reaches 1% to 2 K in snout, 4 K to 4)^ in head; broad bands of 

 villiform teeth in jaws and on vomer; interorbital 3% to 4%, broadly 

 convex; preopercle edge with low, sharp, inconspicuous denticles. 

 Gill rakers 3 + 7, short, robust, lanceolate, S% in gill filaments, which 

 1% in eye. 



Scales 61 to 63 in lateral Une to caudal base and 6 or 7 more on latter, 



6 above, 10 to 11 below, 31 to 34 predorsal forward opposite nostrils; 

 5 rows of scales on cheek below eye; on head and predorsal many as 



7 or 8 basal auxiliary scales; fins all more or less with rows of fine 

 scales on membranes. Scales with 6 basal radiating striae; 58 to 65 

 apical denticles, with 7 to 12 transverse series of basal elements; 

 circuli very fine. 



D. XI-1, 17,1 or I, 16, 1, second spine 1% to l%in head, first branched 

 ray 2% to 2%; A. Ill, 15, i, first branched ray 2^ to 3; caudal 1}^ to 

 1%, emarginate; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 3; pectoral 1% to 

 l%o; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Brown generally, nearly uniform. Each row of scales with narrow 

 median paler brown band extending longitudinally. Iris gray-brown. 

 Each membrane of spinous dorsal with dark or dusky streak parallel 

 with fin rays. Soft dorsal grayish like spinous dorsal, each membrane 

 with 8 narrow longitudinal dark brown lines, much less than inter- 

 spaces and not extending on fin rays. Caudal brown like body color, 

 inner edge of emargination deep brown to dusky. Anal transparent, 

 only anterior membranes finely dotted with deep brown. Paired 

 fins uniformly pale, pectoral with gray or dusky slate blotch extending 

 over its base. 



