52. ARRiPis. 253 



out any canines ; teeth on the palatine bones ; tongue smooth. 

 One dorsal, with nine slender spines ; the anal fin with three. 

 Operculum spiniferous; prseoperculum denticulated. Scales mode- 

 rate. Number of the pyloric appendages increased (17-50) 

 Seas of the A\istralian region. 



1. Arripis georgianus. 



Centropristes georgianus, Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 451 ; Richm-dson, Ereb. 



^ Terr. Fishes, p. 117. pi. 54. f. 3-6. 

 Arripis georgianus, Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, p. 14. 



D. ^. A. l^. L. lat. 55. Csec. pylor. 17. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, and the length 

 of the head nearly four times ; the diameter of the eye is one-third 

 of the length of the head ; praeoperculum finely serrated, operculum 

 with two spines. The fourth dorsal spine longest. In a dried 

 state greenish or yellowish olive, each scale punctulated with darker 

 in the centre or at the edges. 



South-eastern and south-western coasts of Australia; Norfolk 

 Island ; Port Jackson ; King George's Sound. 



a~c. Adxilt : skins. Holdfast Bay ; South Australia. 



d. Adult : skin : not good state. Houtman's Abrolhos. — ' Herring' of 



the Colonists. 



e, /. Half-grown : skins : not in a good state. Hobson's Bay ; Port 



Philip. Voyage of H.M.S. Fly. 

 g. Adult : skin. Port Jackson. Presented by Mr. J. Strange. 

 h. Half-grown : skin : not in a good state. Port Jackson. From 



Mr. Gould's Collection. 



2. Arripis salar. 



Centropristes salar, Richardson, Zool. Trans, iii. p. 78, and Voy. Zool. 



Ereb. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 29. pi. 20. f. 4-6. 

 tasmanicus, Hombr. 8f Jacq. in Dumont cC Urville, Voy. au Pole 



Sud, Poiss. p. 40. pi. 4. f. 1. 



D. ^. A. ■^. L. lat. 48-52. L. transv. 6/12. Csec. pylor. ca 50. 



Vert. 10/15. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length, and equal 

 to the length of the head ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth of 

 the latter. Praeoperculum serrated behind and beneath ; sub- and 

 interoperculum with scales. The fourth dorsal spine longest ; the 

 third of the anal rather longer than the second. Back with darker 

 spots. 



Bay of Islands (New Zealand) ; Port Arthur (Van Diemen's Land) ; 

 Australia ; Raoul Island ; Norfolk Islands. 



a. Fine specimen. Raoul Island. Presented by the Lords of the 

 Admiralty. 



