7o cnmTirnn.i-:. 



3. CMronemus maculosus. 



Threpterius maculosus, Iticlianls. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 70. pi. 2. 

 f. 1, 2, and Ann. ii,- May. Nat. Hist. 1851, vii. p. 285. 



D. ii. A.|-. L. lat. 52. 



The length of the base of the soft dorsal is two-thirds of that of thc^ 

 spinous. Seven simple pectoral rays. Prtcorbital narrow. Mem- 

 brane between the dorsal spines dee^ily notched, and produced into 

 a small free lobe behind each spine. Pale brown : head, body, the 

 soft dorsal, caudal and anal fins spotted with blackish. 



King George's Sound. 



5. CHILODACTYLUS. 



Cheilodactylus, {Lacejt.) Cuv. Hegne Aniin. ; Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. .3.j(3. 



One dorsal fin, with sixteen to nineteen spines ; the anal fin of 

 moderate length ; the caudal forked ; one of the simple pectoral rays 

 more or less exceeding the fin in length. Teeth in villiforni bands ; 

 no canines ; no teeth on the palatine bones or vomer. Prseorbital 

 and prseoperculum entire. Scales of moderate size, cycloid. Cheeks 

 scaly. Six (five) branchiostegals. Air-bladder ■with many lobes (at 

 least in some of the species) ; pyloric appendages in small number. 



Tropical parts of the Pacific ; Chinese Seas ; Cape of Good Hope. 



1. Chilodactylus carponemus 



Sparus carponemu.?, Parkinson. 



Chilodact;yius carponemus, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 302. pi. 128 ; Richards. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. Gl, and Ami. ^- 3Ia(/. Nat. Hist. 1851, vii. 



p. 277. 



B. G. D. i^. A. :^. C«c. pylor. 2. 



Seven rays of the pectoral fin simple, the longest reaching nearly 

 to the end of the anal, and one-third of the total length. Dorsal 

 scarcely notched. Coloration uniform ; the caudal with blackish 

 tips. 



Coasts of New Zealand and South Australia. 



2. Chilodactylus macropterus. 



Scifena macroptera, Forst. 

 Cichla macroptera, Bl. Schn. p. 342. 



Cheilodactylus macropterus, Richards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 62, 

 and Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1851, vii. p. 278. 



D. g. A. ^. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 6/17. 



Six simple pectoral rays, the uppermost of which is very elongate, 

 and rea('hes to the fourth soft ray of the anal. Dorsal fin notched: 

 the seventh spine is the longest, higher than the soft dorsal, and 

 one-half the length of the head ; the second anal spine strong, and 



