60 RECORDS OK THK ACSTRALIAN MU^^EUM. 



scales above the lateral line betweeu its origin and tlie h^'pural joint ; 62 

 i-ows between the posterior margin of the supraclavicle and the hypui-al 

 joint. 12 scales between the origin of the dorsal fin and the lateral line, 

 iind 21 more to the ventral surface. 



Depth before the ventrals '2 6 in the length to the h3-[)ural joint; 

 head 4-08 in the same. Breadth at the bases of the pectorals 2-1 in the 

 (le[)th. E^'e 11 in the snout, IS in the interorbital space, and -i'S in the 

 head. Interorbital width 2-8, snout 3"7 in the head. Depth of the 

 caudal peduiicle 1"7 in its length, and 24 in the head. Sixth dorsal 

 spine 2-3, first dorsal ray 27, and pectoral fin 16 in the head. 



Total length, from the snout to the end of the middle caudal rays, 

 387 mm. 



The above characters and the accompanying figure are taken from 

 the holotype of the s[)ecies, which has been kindly lent to me for the 

 purpose by the Director of the Queensland Museum. 



Loc. — Moreton Bay, Queensland. 



Family GlKKLLID.lv 



Kev to tlie Australian, New Zealand, and Kerinadec Island Genera. 



I'. Au inuer series of flattened teeth iu each jaw arrau^eif in a broail baud. 

 fi. Operculum largely naked. 



c. Scales larger, 49-58 in a longitudinal row ; outer teeth in 



1-4 rows, with trenchant or tricuspid edges Gn-dlti. 



cc. Scales small, about 90 in a longitudinal row; outer teetli 



in a single row, tricuspid Tephrnrop^. 



bb. Operculum scaly. 



d. Scales small, about 80 iu a longitudinal row ; outer teeth 



in a single row, tricuspid iU<W.//(i6.«/i/i<->-. 



aa. Inner series of jaw-teeth absent or scarcely developed ; cylindi'ical 

 and pointed it' present. 

 e. Scales small, about 70 in a lougitudinal row, witli trt'uchant 



or tricuspid edges Gi ic//o/<.<. 



(I|RKI,I.A, draij. 



Key to the Australian species. — 



a. Outer teeth of the jaws imbricate, in 2-4 rows, suuple or tricuspid; 14-16 dorsal 



spines ; 49-52 rows of scales between the scapula and the hypural joint. 

 h. Body uniformly coloured or with about 11 dark vertical bands; 



nostril but little fimbriate Iric nAinda In. 



bb. A pale vertical band from the back to the belly zonata. 



aa. Outer teeth of the jaws in a single row, tricuspid ; 50-58 scales 



between the scapula and the liypural. 

 <•. 14-16 dorsal spines ; nostrils scarcely timbriate ; tail more or less 



cmargiuate njanca. 



cc. 13 dorsal spmes ; nostrils markedly fimbriate; tail subtruucatc elevatu. 



GiRELLA riUCUSPlDAlA, (^1(01/ .N' (liiiitmnl. 



Blackfish. 



(Plate xiv, fig. 1). 



lio.c tricufiiulidnf, Quoy <fe Uainiard, Voy. Uranie, 1824, \\. 290. 

 Ohinfii tn'i'uspidnfii, Cuviei' & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi., 1830, 

 p. 372. 



