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and the lateral line. The height of the body is 6^ to 7 times in the 

 total length, the length of the head 41 to 4|. The diameter of the 

 eye is one-fourth of the latter, and equals the interorbital space. The 

 ventral spine is feeble. Coloration uniform. 

 Molucca and Japanese Seas. 



8. Sillago maculata. 



Sillago maculata, Qiioy 8f Oaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 261. pi. 53. f. 2 ; 



Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 411 ; Bleeker, Fere. p. 62, and Bali, lii. p. 161. 

 bassensis, Ctu\ fy Val. iii. p. 412 * ; Quay ^ Gaim. Voy. Astrol. 



Poiss. p. 672. pi. 1. f. 2. 



D. 11 1 i. A. ^. L. lat. 70. L. transv. '^. 



The height of the body is 5i in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times ; the space between the eyes is one-half the length 

 of the snout. The ventral spine feeble. On each side seven or eight 

 blackish blotches and a yellow longitudinal band ; the second dorsal 

 dotted with blackish. 



Coasts of South-eastern Australia ; East Indian Archipelago. 



rt-c. Adiilt : very bad state ; have been in chloride of zinc. Sydney. 



From the Haslar Collection. 

 d, e. Adult : very bad state ; have been in chloride of zinc. Sydney. 



From the Haslar Collection. 



4. Sillago punctata. 



Cui: ^ Val. iii. p. 413; Quay %■ Gaim. Voy. Astrol, Poiss. p. 671. 

 pi. 1. f. 1. 



D. 12 I ^. A. ^. L. lat. 170. L. transv. 35. Caec. pylor. 4. 



The height of the body is eight times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4|. Body with numerous black dots above the lateral 

 line ; fins immaculate. 



Australian Seas. 



a. Adult : skin : not good state. Hobson's Bay, Port Phillip. 



b. Many yoimg specimens in a bad state. South Australia. 



c. Young. South Australia. From Mr. Dring's Collection. 



5. Sillago ciliata. 



Cuv. 4- Val. iii. p. 415 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 13. f. 2. 

 D. 11 I -^. A. -^. L. lat. 63. L. transv. 5/12. 



I I7-I8 15-10 ' 



The height of the body is 5| in the total length, the length of the 

 head nearly four times ; the space between the eyes is 21 in the length 

 of the snout. The ventral spine feeble. SUveiy, with a yellowish 



* Cuvier (/. c.) states the number of the aiial fin as Jj ; the figure in the Voyage 

 de r Astrolabe shows twenty-one rays. 



