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subequal with age, greater than interorbital ; maxillary reaches to or 

 % in eye, expansion 2 to 2% in eye, length 3 to 3}^ in head from snout 

 tip ; interorbital 5}^ to 5%, very slightly convex ; preopercle edge strongly 

 denticulate, those on lower edge turned backward, of which 2 at 

 angle somewhat enlarged and point upward; usually 5 denticles on 

 lower preorbital edge, posterior usually largest, points back. Gill 

 rakers 6 to 8 + 18 to 20, lanceolate, subequal to little longer than 

 gill filaments or 2% to 2)^ in eye. 



Scales 66 to 73 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 to 8 more on 

 latter; tubes 52 or 53 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 to 5 more 

 on latter; 15 scales above, 30 to 32 below between beginning of hind 

 posterior horizontal section of lateral line and anal origin; 20 to 24 

 predorsal to occiput, 9 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. Scales 

 with 6 or 7 basal radiating striae; circuli moderately fine. 



D. VIII-I, 15, I, fourth spine 1 to 1}^ in total head length, first 

 ray 2 to 2% in combined head and body to caudal base; A. Ill, 13, i 

 to 15, I, third spine 2 to 2}^ in total head length, first ray 1 to 1%; 

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

 1 to 1%; ventral spine 1%, fin 2)2 in combined head and body to 

 caudal base. 



Back gray-brown, sides and below paler to whitish. Five broad, 

 deep brown transverse bands; first from occiput on front predorsal 

 forward to eye and down over cheek to lower preopercle ridge, less 

 than eye in width; second band from close before spinous dorsal 

 origin over opercle or side of chest; third band from longest dorsal 

 spine close behind ventral base; fourth band from front of soft dorsal 

 to front of soft anal; fifth across caudal peduncle; in pale areas nar- 

 rower dark transverse bands alternating, with age further dark streak 

 or line may also eventuate in narrower pale areas. Caudal with upper 

 and lower edges, together with base, dark brown. Ventrals blackish 

 brown. Fins, except as otherwise noted, very pale or light brown. 



Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South and Western 

 Australia. 



U.S.N. M. No. 12602. New South Wales. British Museum. Length, 50 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. Nos. 40038 to 40040. Port Jackson. Length, 89 to 176? mm. 

 U.S.N.M. Nos. 42063 to 42067. Port Jackson. Australian Museum. Length, 



193 to 198 mm. Two examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 47783. Port Jackson. Austrahan Museum. Length, 153 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 47784. Melbourne, Victoria. Australian Museum. Length, 



198? mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 4880. Port Jackson. J. D. Ogilby. Length, 86 to 109 mm. 



Three examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 59947. Port Jackson. D. G. Stead. Length, 165 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 59982. Port Jackson. D. G. Stead. Length, 70 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 33163. Sorrento, Victoria. Mrs. Agnes F. Kenyon. Length, 



167 mm. 



