222 RECORDS OF THE ACSTKALIAN MUSEUM. 



Snout rouuded, the profile acclivous. Interorbital region grooved. 

 Jaws equal, the maxillaiy extending to below the anterior third of the eye. 

 Cheek-scales well developed, about half as large as those of the body ; 

 they are arranged in thi-ee series consisting respectively of 1, 2, 2 rows, 

 which are separated from one another by two horizontal mucigerous 

 grooves'. Scales of the operculum and occiput but little smaller than those 

 of the body. A large median open pore between the anterior borders of 

 the eyes. Jaws with nai-row bauds of villiform teeth, the outer premax- 

 illary series enlarged and conical : mandible with a moderately strong 

 cui'ved canine at each outer angle, between which the outer series is 

 enlarged ; beyond the canines the villiform band extends to the corner of 

 the mouth without enlarged teeth. 



Body moderately robust, the dorsal contour evenly rounded from the 

 frontal region to the caudal peduncle, and much more arched than the 

 ventral. Caudal peduncle short and stout. Scales ctenoid ; predorsal 

 scales in eleven series, extending forward to between the posterior borders 

 of the pupils. 



Fii"st dorsal fin originating above the pectoral base, the spines slender 

 and flexible ; the second is the longest, reaching well beyond the first ray 

 when adpressed, and one-fifth longer than the head. Margin of the second 

 dorsal straight, the rays gradually increasing in length to the last, which, 

 with the penultimate, is somewhat produced and forms an acute angle 

 which overlaps the caudal-base ; its length is one-fourth less than that of 

 the second spine. Anal commencing slightly behind the vertical of the 

 first dorsal ray ; the penultimate ray is longest, and a little longer than 

 the basal length of the fin. Pectoral obtusely pointed, the eighth ray 

 longest and extending to below the third dorsal ray, and a little longer 

 than the head. Ventrals inserted below the pectoral- base, and equal in 

 length to five-sixths of its longest ray ; it reaches to the vent. 



Coloior. — Bleached after long exposure to the light. According to 

 De Vis, this specimen was brown in colour, with the abdomen paler, and 

 there were traces of narrow vertical bands. The first dorsal had two 

 longitudinal I'ows of brown spots, and the pectorals and ventrals were 

 dai'k brown. 



The above description is based principally upon tlie holotype of 

 Goli'nis cu}u:o[()t\ De Vis, which is 87 mm. long from the snout to the base 

 of the caudal rays. It is preserved in the Queensland Museum, but is 

 badly mutilated, the soft dorsal, caudal, and anal fins having been broken 

 olf short. De Vis described the upper pectoral rays as detached and silky, 

 but this is iucon-ect. 



Sijiinuymi/. — An example 123 mm. long, labelled as (tohiiis pnidaiKj, 

 from the Andaman Islands, which was one of Dr. Day's collection, is pre- 

 served in the Australian Museum. Anotlier, (lie holotype of G. viaculi- 

 piii.v.is, Macleay, is also in the Australian Museum collection, and does not 

 differ from the Indian specimen ; Macleay counted seven spines in the 

 first dorsal fin, but there are only six. 



We regard Oohius piiidinuj, Bleeker and (t. piditdtujoide!', Bleeker, as 

 synonymous. There are some discrepancies in the various accounts of the 

 two species, but they do not appear to call for much attention. In his 



