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Therapon caudovittatus Guntheb, Cat, Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p, 284 

 (Victoria, Cape York, Harvey River) ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 

 20, 1867, p. 58 (Victoria, Harvey River, Cape York). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. 

 Godeffroy, No. 4, 1869, p. 13 (Port Mackey). — Castelnau, Proc. Zool. 

 Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, 1873, p. 129 (West Australia). — Alleynej 

 and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 1, 1876, p. 270 

 (Port Darwin). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 2, 1878, 

 p. 348 (Port Darwin). — Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. 3, 1878, pp. 42, 47 (Norman River). — Klunzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. 

 Wiss. Wien, vol. 80, pt. 1, 1879, p. 350 (Port Denison). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. 

 Godeffroy, No. 7, 1879, p. 39 (Port Mackey).— GUnther, Rep. Voy. Chal- 

 lenger, vol. 1, pt. 6, 1880, p. 39 (Somerset). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New South Wales, vol. 5, 1881, p. 361 (western, northern, and northeastern 

 coasts). — McCxjLLOCH, Rec. West Austral. Mus., vol. 1, No. 2, 1912, p. 88 

 (Murray Island). 



Therapon caudavittatus Waite, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 3, 1900, p. 210 (West 

 Australia). — Ogilby and McCulloch, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, 1916, 

 p. 108 (Freemantle, West Australia; Torres Straits; Murray Island; Gulf 

 of Papua; Dutch New Guinea). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, 

 p. 211 (compiled). 



Therapon bostockii Castexnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, 1873, 

 p. 128. Freemantle. 



Depth 2% to 24^ ; head 31/3, width 21/5. Snout 2% in head from 

 snout tip; eye 4 to 4%, 1% to 1% in snout, subequal with interor- 

 bital ; maxillary reaches opposite nostrils or to eye, length 3 in head 

 from snout tip; teeth fine, in bands in jaws; interorbital little con- 

 vex, with well developed ridge; preopercle evenly and finely 

 serrated. 



Scales 52 to 56 along above lateral line to caudal base, 44 to 49 

 along below lateral line; 6 to 8 scales above lateral line, 14 below, 

 16 predorsal forward to occiput, 9 or 10 rows on cheek. Supra- 

 scapula concealed. 



D. XIII, 8 or 9, fourth spine 1% in head, second ray 1% ; A. Ill, 

 8, second spine 2, first ray ly^; caudal 1, little emarginate; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2^5 ; pectoral 1% ; ventral ll^. 



Violet gray on back, lighter on sides and below white. Upper 

 parts and sides closely spotted with round gray spots. Dorsal sim- 

 ilarly spotted, soft fin with blackish edge. Caudal more or less 

 spotted basally, each lobe with large black blotch obliquely across. 

 Length 196 mm. (Kichardson, Ogilby, McCulloch.) 



West Australia, North Australia, Queensland, New Guinea. 



TERAPON UNICOLOR Giinther 



Therapon miicolor GiJNTnER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 277. Head 

 of Mosquito Creek near Darling Downs; Gwydir River, New South Wales; 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 20, 1867, p. 58 (Fitzroy River, Rockhanip- 

 ton). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 4, 1869, p. 13 (Rockhampton) ; 

 No. 5, 1874, p. 23 (Queensland) ; No. 6, 1877, p. 12 (Burnett River) ; No. 



