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RECORDS OF TtiE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Glo>isauila aprion, Ogilby, Mem. Qld. Mas., iii., 1915, p. ISi. 



D. vi. i/10 ; A. ii/9-10 ; V. i/5 ; P. 12 ; C. 17 ; 1. lafc. 41-43 ; 

 1. tr. 4^/1/13-14. Depth 2.4-2.6 in the leugth from tlie 

 premaxillaiy symphysis to tlie liypural, and equal to the 

 length of the head without the opercular lobe. Orbit a little 

 longer than the snout, 3-3.6 in the head ; interorbital space 

 1.5-1.9 in the eye. Second dorsal spine 2.2-2.6, and depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2.3-2.5 in the head. 



Body compressed, moderately elevated. Upper piofile of 

 liead slightly concave, the snout oblique!}' truncate anteriorly ; 

 behind the occiput the bodj^ rises in a more or less pronounced 

 curve to the dorsal fin, it being more arched in larger than 

 in smaller specimens. Mouth oblique, maxillary extending 

 to below the hinder oi-bital margin in adults, not so fai- in the 

 young; lower jaw much longer than the upper. Preopercular 

 margins smooth, the lowermost with a few obscure serrations ; 

 operculum unarmed, produced into a pointed lobe posteriorly. 

 Suprascapular exposed, its edge smooth or crenulate. Teeth 

 villiform, depressible, in broad bands on the jaws, a few near 

 the symphyses slightly enlarged ; a narrow angular band 

 on the vomer, and a very narrow, elongate band on each 

 palatine ; a very small patch of minute teeth on the posterior 

 part of the tongue. Lower limb of first gill-arch with six 

 free gill-rakers, of which the longest is less than half as long 

 as the eye. 



Fig. 1. — Glossamia apfion, Richardson. 



