AUsi'iv'AF.iAX coi'.iiii.K — ^rc (Tr.i.ocii Axii (ii;ii.r.v. 199 



jjocs. — Cairns, North Queensland. Cookfnwn, North Queenshmd ; 

 coll. K. A. C. Olive. Paira Creek, Cape ^'ork ; coll. iietlley and 

 McCnllocli, Octoher, li)07. Melville Island, Noi'thern Austi-alia. 



In addition to these localities the species has been recognised from 

 Keppel Bay (Carman) ; Cardwell (Ciinther) ; Rurdekin and Mary Rivers 

 (Macleay/; Cape York (Maeleay) ; Norman River (Castelnan) ; Poit 

 Darwin (Macleay and Kent). Teuison Woods'' intimates that the 

 species occurs in the Richmond River, New South Wales, but this is 

 doubtless incoW'Cct. 



Bor.KoriiTUALMUS, Cnvier c^- Valencievves. 



Boleophthalmvs, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii., 1887, p. 198 

 (Gohlux hoddnerti, Pallas). Id., Ciinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iii., 

 1861, p. 101. Id., Day, Fish. India, 1876, p. 304. Id., Jordan & 

 Snyder, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxiv., 1901, p. 47. 



Form moderately elongate, subcylindrical anteriorly, compressed 

 posteriorly. Body covered with small oa' rather large scales, which 

 become rudimentary anteriorly, and are obsolete on the head. Mouth of 

 moderate size, a little oblique, the upper jaw overlapping the lower. 

 Eyes prominent, placed high in the head, close together ; lower eyelid 

 well developed. Teeth uniserial in the premaxillaries, some of the 

 anterior ones large and subulate, the others becoming abruptly smaller ; 

 mandibular teeth almost horizontal, flattened and usually notched at their 

 tips; they are largest anteriorly and arranged in a row which does not 

 curve inward posteriorly ; a large inner canine on each side of the man- 

 dibular symphysis. Tongue thick and i-ounded, adnate to the floor of the 

 mouth. Gill-opening lateral, separated by a bx'oad isthmus. Dorsal fins 

 separate, the first high, with about five spines. Second dorsal long, with 

 25-28 raj's ; anal similar to the second dorsal. Pectorals with a scaly, 

 muscular base. Ventrals completely united. 



BOLEOPHTHALMUS CAEKULEOMACULATUS, McCvlloflt S)' Waite. 



Boleophthalmus caerideomacidatiiK, McCulloch & Waite, Rec. S. Austr. 

 Mus., i. 1, 1918, p. 79, pi. viii., fig. 1. 



Loc. — Adelaide River, Northern Territory. 



Genus Scartelaos, Suiainiton. 



Scartelaos, Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classif. Fish., ii., 1839, p. 279 (Gohiits 

 viridis, Bachanan). 



Boleops, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1863, p. 271 (JlnJeujd,thalr>nts 

 aucicpatorinf<, Richardson) . 



3 Tenison Woods— Fish and Fisheries N.S.Wales, 1882, p. 27. 



