224 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALTAN MUSEDM. 



Body robust, compressed posteriorly. It is covered with ctenoid 

 scales of medium size, which become cycloid on the abdomen and neck, 

 and are larger posteriorly than anteriorly ; they extend forward to a short 

 distance behind the eye on the upper surface of the head, and cover the 

 breast and bases of the pectorals. Genital papilla well developed. 



First dorsal originating above the middle of the pectoral ; the spines 

 inci'ease slightly in length to the fourth, which is shorter than the post- 

 orbital portion of the head, and the membrane from the last is widely 

 separated from the second dorsal. The rays appear to be subequal, and a 

 little higher than the longest spine. Anal opposite to the dorsal, and of 

 similar form, its rays iiicreasing in length backwards. Pectorals rounded, 

 the median rays reaching to below the last dorsal spine ; no free upper 

 rays. Ventrals inserted a little befcrre the pectoi'als, and somewhat 

 shorter than those fins. Caudal broadly rounded. 



Gnlour-marking. — Yellowish brown in alcohol, the scales of the upper 

 portions with darker borders ; a series of dark brown blotches along the 

 middle of the sides on the posterior half, and an alternating series between 

 these and the back. Head with four curved dark stripes radiating from 

 the eye ; one descends towards the angle of the mouth, two others cross 

 the cheek, and are united by a curved bar with another which crosses 

 the nape. First dorsal dusky, with a broad white border, and th*- ^.-^sterior 

 portion black. Second dorsal with dark specks on the membrane between 

 the rays, which form a row of darker spots along the middle of the fin ; 

 a broad white border. Anal lighter, the margin clear. Caudal, pectoral, 

 and ventral fins with microscopic dark dots between the rays. 



Described from a specimen 45 mm. long, which is one of two cotypes 

 preserved in the Australian Museum, and which were procured from Mr. 

 De Vis. They differ from the original description in the numbers of fin- 

 rays and scales, but agree so well with the colour description and other 

 characters, that there can be no doubt as to their authenticity. 



This species is closely' allied to the genotype, M. uhei, Jordan and 

 Snyder^-. 



Log. — Moi'eton Bay, Queensland. 



MUGILOGOBIUS CiALWAYT, McC llllorl/ ^- W((ite. 



Mitgiloffohins (jalwaiji, McCulloch & Waito, Rec. S.Austi*. Mus., i. 1, 1918, 

 p. 50, pi. iii., fig. 1. 



Hdh. — Soutli Australia. 



(GoiUrs) FF-AVESCENS, IJe Vl's. 



(Plate xxxvi., lig. 3.) 

 Gohins flavescem, De Vis, Pi'oc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. 689. 



D. vi/8 ; A. 8 ; P. 16 ; V. i/5 ; C. 15. 27 scales between the axil 

 and the hypural joint, and 8 between the anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth of the body before the ventrals h'.\ in the k>ngth to tlie liypui-al 

 joint ; head :i'7 in the same. Eye much longer tlian the snout, and :3l in 



'2 Jordan k Snyder— Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxiv., 1901, p. 55, fi<?. 5. 



