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and 3 to 4 times the interorbital width ; lower eye in advance of upper. One or 

 two blunt prominences in front of lower eye, and two more above the maxillary. 

 Maxillary extending to below anterior edge of eye, length a little more than 3 in that 

 of head ; lower jaw 2I to 2J in head. Gill-rakers rather more .slender than in G. 

 polyophthalmus ; 8 to 10 on lower part of anterior arch. 79 to 83 scales in lateral 

 line. Dorsal 88-gi ; third ray prolonged, more or less expanded and pinniform, 

 about f length of head ; the fourth ray also prolonged in one or two specimens. Anal 

 72-76. Pectoral of ocular side with 13 to 15 rays, upper ray sometimes moderately 

 prolonged. Rays of left pelvic not prolonged. Coloration similar to that of G. poly- 

 ophthalmus, but the black ocellus on middle of straight part of lateral line is darker 

 and more prominent. 



Type. — Queensland Museum. 



Distribution, — Eastern Queensland. 



Specimens Examined : 



2 (159, 177 mm.). \z miles N.E. of Bowen, Queensland, ig-25 fms. Austr. Mus. 



(" Endeavour "J. 



I (162 mm.}. 25 miles S.E. of Double Island Point, Queensland, 



33 fms. 



Also 5 from Queensland (Austr. Mus. " Endeavour "). 



3. GRAMMATOBOTHUS KREMPFI, Chabanaud. 

 Grammatobothus krcmpfi, Chabanaud, 1929, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, (2) i, p. 377. 



Very close to the preceding species, but dorsal 82 ; second to fourth rays pro- 

 gressively and considerably prolonged, pinniform, third about ij in length of head. 

 Anal 66. Rays of left pelvic prolonged, pinniform; third ray longest. 



Type. — Paris Museum. ^ 



Distribution. — Poulo Condore, Indo-China. 



Genus 30. MANCOPSETTA. 



Lepidopsctta (11011 Gill, 1S64), Gunther, 18S0, Shore Fishes "Challenger", p. iS [Lepidopsctla 



maculala, Giinther]. 

 Mancopsetta, (Gill) Jordan, 1020, Genera Fish., iv, p. 514 [Lcpidopsetta maculnta, GQnther]. 



Body rather elongate, compressed. Eyes on the left .side, separated by a bony 

 ridge, the lower a little in advance of upper ; upper parts of both eye-balls densely 

 scaled ; interorbital region similar in both sexes. No rostral or orbital spines. 

 Olfactory laminae well developed, rather few in number, parallel with one another 

 and with the main axis of the body ; no central rachis. Mouth of moderate size, 

 the maxillary narrow, scarcely expanded behind, length about ^ that of head ; jaws 

 about equally developed on both sides, but dentition stronger on blind side ; teeth 

 small, conical, scarcely enlarged anteriorly, uniserial in both jaws ; vomer toothless. 

 Upper angle of gill-opening well below lateral line ; gill-rakers comparatively few in 

 number, rather short and stout. Dorsal fin commencing behind level of posterior 

 nostril of blind side and just in front of eye ; all the rays simple, scaled. Tip of first 

 interhaemal spine not projecting in front of anal fin. No pectoral fins. Posterior 

 part of pelvic fin of ocular side scarcely deflected on to left side of body. Scales 

 small, ctenoid on both sides of body : no supplementary scales. Lateral line equally 

 developed on both sides of body, nearly straight ; no supratemporal branch. Vent 

 on median line, just in front of anal fin. 



A single species from the southern Atlantic and Indian Ocean. 



' A male, 175 mm. in length. 



