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sion 21/^ in eye, length 1% in head from snout up ; interorbital 41/2. 

 Scales 72 in lateral line to caudal base and 10 more on fin ; T rows on 

 cheek. 



D. VI, 9; A. Ill, 41. Olive brown, silvery with black specks below 

 eye and below and before paired fins' bases. Lateral line unpig- 

 mented streak. Dorsal broadly blackish along front edge and tip 

 otherwise pale. Caudal light dusky, blackening toward free edge. 

 Anal whitish basally, abruptly blackish on terminal half. Paired 

 fins clear. Length 97 mm. to caudal. (Jordan and Hubbs.) 



Possibly not distinct from Pempheris nyctereutes, though appar- 

 ently with more scales on the cheek. Schlegel's figure of Pempheris 

 molucca is poor, showing the caudal widely expanded and scarcely 

 emarginate behind. Depth 21/2, head 31/2. Eye 2% in head. D. 14; 

 A. Ill, 36. Brown. Eye yellowish. Pectoral slightly reddish. 

 Length 140 mm. 



PEMPHERIS MULTIRADIATA Klunzinger 



Pempheris multiradiata Klunzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akacl. Wiss. Wien, vol. 80, pt. 1, 

 1879, p. 381. King George's Sound. — McCuixoch, Zool, Res. Endeavour, 

 pt. 1, 1911, p. 45 (off Belliugen, between Port Stephens and Newcastle, 

 Shoalhaven Bight, Bass Strait, oft" Kingston, in 15 to 60 fatlioms). 



Liopetnpheris multiradiata Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 2, Dec. 10, 

 1913, p. 66 (South Eastern Australia from Bellingen Heads, New South 

 Wales to off Kingston, South Australia). — McCulloch, Australian Zoolo- 

 gist, vol. 1, pt. 7, 1919, p. 89. 



Pempheris macrolepis Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 1881, 

 p. 516. King George's Sound and Port Jackson. — Stead, Fish and Fisheries 

 New South Wales, 1883, p. 17.— Waite, Mem. Austral. Mus., No. 4, pt. 1, 

 1899, p. 73, pi. 10 (types of P. macrolepis and P. lineatus; off Broken Head 

 in 28 fathoms).— Stead, Fishes of Australia, 1907, p. 90 (New South Wales). 



Pempheris lineatus Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 10, 1886, 

 p. 447. Shark Reef, Port Jackson. 



Depth 21/5 ; head 31/5. Snout 0% in head from snout tip ; eye 2, 

 much greater than snout; maxillary reaches % in eye, expansion 2^^ 

 in eye, length 1% in head from snout tip. Scales 49 in lateral line 

 to caudal base and 11? more on latter; 7 rows on cheek, which en- 

 tirely scaled. D. V, 12; A. Ill, 3.5; caudal obliquely emarginate 

 behind, with upper lobe much longer. Body with 9 pale longitudinal 

 streaks. Length 183 mm. (AVaite.) 



Genus LEPTOBRAMA Steindachner 



Leptobrama Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 78, pt. 1, 1878 

 (1879), p. 388. Type Leptobrama millleri Steindachner, monotypic. 



Neopempheris Maoleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 1880, p. 517. 

 Type Ifeopem^pheris ramsayi Macleay, monotypic. 



Body elliptical. Head small, conic. Snout obtuse. Eyes advanced. 

 Mouth cleft covered. Maxillary slender. Teeth in several rows in 



