76 CIREHITID^. 



1. Oxycirrhites typus. 



Bleeker, L c. p. 40. 



D. i^. A. |-. L. lat. 55. 



Five simple pectoral rays. Head with three brown longitudinal 

 bands ; body with eight or nine oblique transverse and four longi- 

 tudinal bands of the same colour. 



Seas of Amboyna and He de France. 



a. Adult : stuffed : not good state. He de France. 



4. CHIRONEMUS. 



Chironemus, Cuv. fy Val. iii. p. 78. 



Threpterius, Rinhards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 68, and Ann. Sf Mag. 

 Nut. Hist. 1851, y\\. p. 284. 



The six or seven lower pectoral rays are simple ; dorsal with 

 fifteen spines. Villiform teeth in both jaws, without canines ; teeth 

 on the vomer ; none on the palatines. Six branchiostegals. Prae- 

 operculum entii-e ; operculum with points. Scales cycloid, of mode- 

 rate size. Aii'-bladder none ; pyloric appendages in small number. 



Australian Seas. 



1. Chironemus georgianus. 



Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 78. 



D. ||. A. J. Caec. pylor. 4. 



Seven simple pectoral rays ; the base of the soft dorsal half as 

 long as that of the spinous. {Cuv.) 

 King George's Sound. 



2. CMronemus marmoratus. 

 D. 14 I -^. A. -I. L- lat. 55. 



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Six simple pectoral rays. The base of the soft dorsal rather shorter 

 than that of the spinous. The fifth dorsal spine longest. 

 "Western coasts of Australia. 



«. Adult: sldn. Swan River. From Mr. MacgiUivray's Collection. 

 6. Adult : skin. Damley Island. From Mr. MacgiUivray's Collection. 



Description. — The height of the body equals the length of the head, 

 and is about one-fourth ofi the total ; the form of the body being 

 rather elongate, with the upper profile slightly convex. The inter- 

 space between the eyes appears to' be concave. The snout is mode- 

 rately pointed, and longer than the diameter of the eye. The upper 

 maxillary reaches to the vertical from the anterior margin of the 

 orbit. The prseorbital is triangular, with the inferior margin very 

 convex ; the remainder of the infraorbital ring is narrow. The 

 membrane of the anterior nostril is produced into a short appendage. 

 The diameter of the eye is about one-fourth of the length of the 



