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those of the nlliform bands, and there are two or three canines of 

 moderate size on each side, above and beneath. The vomenne teeth 

 fonn a triangular patch, with an anterior obtuse angle. The pala- 

 tine band is cuneiform, narrow 



The coloration is now uniform greyish, the scales of the back 

 having a darker margin ; the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins blackish. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 13 9 



Height of the body 3 10 



Length of the head 3 5 



Diameter of the eye 9^ 



Length of the fourth dorsal spine 1 6^ 



of the tenth dorsal spine 1 0| 



of the first dorsal ray 1 3 



of the tenth dorsal ray 1 4^ 



of the third anal spine 1 0^ 



of the fir.'^t anal ray 1 3 



of the eighth anal ray 1 3 



of the pectoral fin 3 o 



of the ventral fin 2 8 



5. Mesoprion carponotatus. 



Richardson, Ann. S,- Mai/. Nat. Hist. 1S42, vol. i.v. p. 28. 

 D. 1^. A. ij. L. lat. 68. 



External appearance sparoid. The length of the head is 3^ in 

 the total length, and equal to the height of the body ; the diameter 

 of the eye is 4^ in the length of the head. Pra:opei culum with a 

 few scarcely \-isible denticulations, slightly emarginate ; operculum 

 rounded, as in Sparus, with a shallow re-entering arc ; suprascapula 

 entire. Caiidalis tnmcated ; the point of the pectoral fin falls short 

 of the anus. The fourth dorsal spine longest, the second and third 

 of the anal fin nearly equal. Coloration uniform, with a black spot 

 at the root of the pectoi-al fin. 



Noi'th Australian Coast. 



a. Adult. Port Essington. From Mr. Gilbert's Collection. 



'). Mesoprion bohar. 



Sciajna bohar, Forsk. p. 4(i. 



Spams Icpisurus, Lacep. iii. pi. 15. f. 2. 



Lutjanus bohar, lil. Schn. p. 325. 



Diacopo bohar, Ouv. ^- Vat. ii. p. 433 ; Riipp. Atl. Fisehe, p. 73, and 



N. W. Fisehe, p. 103. 

 Diacope quadripruttata, Cuv. ^- Vul. ii. p. 427, vi. y. 533. 



D. 



A. J. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of th'^ body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3|. Interoperculum with a distinct knob, pra'o])eniibnn 



