52. AKiiipis. 253 



out any canines ; teeth on the palatine bones ; tongue smooth. 

 One dorsal, with nine slender spines ; the anal fin with three. 

 Operculum spiniferous; praeopereulum denticulated. Scales mode- 

 rate. Number of the pyloi-ic appendages increased (17-50). 

 Seas of the Australian region. 



1. Arripis georgianus. 



Centropristes georgianus, Cnv. fy Val. vii. p. 451 ; Richardson, Ereh. 



Sf Ten: Fishes, p. 117. pi. 54. f. 3-6. 

 Ai-ripis georgianus, Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, p. 14. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 55. Cajc. pylor. 17. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, and the length 

 of the head nearly four times ; the chameter of the eye is one-third 

 of the length of the head ; praeopereulum finely serrated, operculum 

 with two spines. The foui'th dorsal spine longest. In a dried 

 state greenish or yellowish olive, each scale punctulated with darker 

 in the centre or at the edges. 



South-eastern and soiith-western coasts of Australia; Norfolk 

 Island ; Port Jackson ; King George's Sound. 



a-c. Adult : skins. Holdfast Bay ; South Australia. 

 \d. Adult: skin: not good state. Houtman's Abrolhos. — 'Herring' of 



the Colonists. 

 e, f. Half-grown : skins : not in a good state. Hobson's Bay ; Port 



Philip. Voyage of H.M.S. Fly. 

 g. Adult : skin. Port Jackson. Presented by Mr. J. Strange. 

 A. Half-grown : skin : not in a good state. Port Jackson. From 



Mr. Gould's Collection. 



2. Arripis salar. 



Centropristes salar, Richardson, Zool. Trans, iii. p. 78, and Voy. Zool. 



Ereh. 8f Terr. Fishes, p. 29. pi. 20. f. 4-6. 

 tasmanicus, Homhr. Sf Jacq. in Dumont (f Urville, Voy. an Pole 



Slid, Poiss. p. 40. pi. 4. f. 1. 



D. ^. A. -i. L. lat. 48-52. L. transv. 6/12. dec. pylor. ca 50. 

 Vert. 10/15. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length, and equal 

 to the length of the head ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth of 

 the latter. Praiopercidura serrated heliiud and beneath ; sub- and 

 interoperculiun with scales. The foui'th dorsal spine longest ; the 

 third of the anal rather longer than the second. Back with darker 

 spots. 



Bay of Islands (New Zealand) ; Port Arthur (Van Diemcn's Land) : 

 Australia ; llaoul Island ; Norfolk Islands. 



a. Fiue specimen. Raoul Island. Presented by the Lords of the 

 Admiralty. 



