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Therapon richardsoni Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 6, 1882, 



p. 832 (Macquaiie River). 

 Therapon maclcayana Ramsat, Proc Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 6, 1882, 



p. 831. Macquarie River. 

 Therapon madeayanus Lucas, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 9, 1884, 



p. 12 (Macquarie Rivet). 



Depth 2% to 31/5 ; head 3% to 33^, width 1% to lyg- Snout 31/5 

 to 31^ in head; eye 4% to ^%, ly^ in snout, 1% to 1% in inter- 

 orbital ; maxillary reaches opposite hind nostril, expansion 2i^ to 2% 

 in eye, length 3% to 4^/2 in head; teeth villiform, in rather narrow 

 bands in jaws, outer row uniformly and slightly enlarged; inter- 

 orbital 21"^ to 3%, broadly convex; preopercle edge strongly denticu- 

 late. Gill rakers 11 + 16, slender, lanceolate, li/4 in gill filaments, 

 which iy2 in eye. 



Scales 77 in lateral line to caudal base and 7 more on latter; 

 tubular scales 51 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 more on latter; 

 15 scales above lateral line, 23 below, 32 predorsal to occiput, 7 rows 

 on cheek to preopercle ridge. Suprascapula denticulate. Scales 

 with 11 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 29, small, with 4 

 transverse series of basal elements ; circuli fine. 



D. XII, 12, fourth spine 1% to 2 in head, second ray 1% to 2yV) 

 A. Ill, 8, second spine 1%, first ray 1% to 1% ; caudal 1%, emargi- 

 nate, very slightly so as expanded; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2% ; pectoral 1% to li/^ ; ventral ll^. 



Brown, paler to whitish below. Fins all uniformly brown, lower 

 ones paler. 



Rivers of Australia. 



42016 U.S.N.M. Bourke, New South Wales. Australian Museum. Length 

 241 mm. 



42017 U.S.N.M. Bourke. Australian Museum. Length 248 mm. 

 47795 U.S.N.M. Bourke. Australian Museum. Length 203 mm. 



TERAPON HUMERALIS OgUby 



Therapon humeralis Ogilbt, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 24, 1899 

 (1900), p. 177. Pelsart Island, Houtman's Abrolhos, Western Australia. — 

 Ogelby and McCulloch, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, 1916, p. 114 (Hout- 

 man's Abrolhos). 



Terapon humeralis Waite, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 6, 1905, p. 62, pi. 9 

 (Houtman's Abrolhos). 



Depth 2% to 2^^; head 31/3. Snout 3% in head; eye 33/5 to 

 34^, equals snout or little shorter; maxillary reaches eye, length 3% 

 in head; teeth in band in each jaw, outer row enlarged, conic, not 

 cardiform; interorbital but little elevated; preopercle with strong 

 spines, little enlarged around angle. Gill rakers moderately long 

 and numerous. 



Scales 80 to 90 in lateral line to caudal base; 13 scales above 

 lateral line, 25 below, 8 or 9 rows on cheek. 



