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vol. 53, pt. 1, 1866, p. 427 (Port Jackson). — Alleyne and Macleay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 1, 1876, p. 267 (Cape Grenville 

 and Darnley Island, Queensland). — Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. New- 

 South Wales, vol. 3, 1S7S, p. (350) 370 (Port Jackson). — Klunzinger, 

 Sitzs. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 80, pt. 1, 1879 (1880), p. 344 (Port 

 Darwin). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 1881, 

 p. 343 (Port Jackson and Northern coast). — Stead, Fishes of Australia, 

 1906, p. 96 (New South Wales). 



Amia fasciata Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, 1S65, p. 71 

 (Port Jackson). — Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 

 (1907), p. 16 (Sydney).— Radcliffe, Proc .U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 1911, p. 

 249, pis. 21 and 22 (Port Jackson). — McCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour, 

 vol. 3, pt. 2, 1915, p. 116 (Tasmania; New South Wales; Moreton Bay, 

 off Port Curtis, Cairns, Murray Island, Mapoon; types of Apogon cookii 

 Macleay). 



Apogon cookii Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 1881, 

 p. 344. Endeavour River and Darnley Island, Queensland. 



Amia robusta Smith and Radcliffe, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol.41, 1911, 

 p. 254, fig. 2. Jolo Reefs, Philippines, Celebes. 



Amia novemfasciata (not Cuvier) Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, 

 p. 156 (part). 



Depth 2% to 3; head 2% to 2%, width 2Ko to 2%. Snout 4 to 

 43^ in head; eye 2% to 3K, greater than snout or interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches % to % in eye, expansion 2 to 3, length 2 in head; 

 teeth villiform, in bands in jaws, on vomer and palatines; interorbital 

 4% to 5}4, very slightly depressed; preopercle ridge entire, edge 

 finely serrated. Gill rakers 6 + 11, of which 3 upper rudiments and 

 others lanceolate, greatly more than gill filaments or 2% in eye. 



Scales 24 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 2 

 above, 6 below, 3 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek; head naked, except 

 cheeks and opercles. Lateral line of large simple tubes, well exposed, 

 each with large crenulated scale, also well exposed. Scales with 11 

 basal radiating striae; 76 to 130 apical denticles, with 1 or 2 transverse 

 series of basal elements; circuli moderately fine. 



D. VII-I, 9, 1, third spine 1% to 1% in head, first ray \% to \y 2 ; 

 A. II, 8, 1, second spine 2% to 3K> first ray \% to 1%; caudal lKo to 

 1^4, hind edge emarginate; least depth of caudal peduncle 2}/ s to 2}4; 

 pectoral 1% to 1^; ventral \ 2 /z to \%. 



Brown, hardly lighter below, though some silvery areas in pale 

 bands over abdomen. Dusky brown band along dorsal bases, begins 

 as single dark median band on interorbital. Second dusky brown 

 band begins over snout, extends over lateral line anteriorly and then 

 back to middle of base of upper caudal lobe. Third dusky brown 

 band from snout through eye wide as pupil and follows median axis 

 of body to caudal base. Fourth dusky brown band from infraorbitals 

 to pectoral base, then along lower surface of caudal peduncle to middle 

 of lower caudal lobe, and like two preceding dark bands reflected out 

 over caudal fin. Fifth dusky brown band along lower side of body 



