10. LOBOTES. 337 



Diameter of the eye ."j 



Length of the fifth dorsal spine ."> 



of the twelfth dorsal spine 4! 



of the tenth dorsal ray 7 



of the longest caudal ray U 11 



of the second anal spine 7 



Distance between dorsal and caudal fins . . o^ 

 between anal and caudal tins , lU 



9. HYPEROGLYPHE*. 



Diagramnia, .sp., Richanh. ErtJi. i)- Terr. Fisht's, p. •2'*). 



Body (jblong, compressed. Eye moderate. Snout blunt ; cleft of 

 the mouth oblique, with the up[)er jaw lougcu-. Two dorsals, scarcely 

 united, the first much lower than tlie second, with eight short spines ; 

 anal fin with very feeble spines. Pj-oeorbital and prajopcrculum ser- 

 rated ; operculum spiuiferou^. Seven branchiostcgals. Jaws with 

 the teeth in -s-illiform bands, without canines. Roof of the mouth 

 with a deep longitudinal groove. Scales small, cycloid. (Pharyngeal 

 bones separated from each other. j Air-bladder sim])le ; pyloric ap- 

 pendages in great number. 



Coasts of Australia. 



1 . Hyperoglyphe porosa. 



l^iitgramnia povosa, Rtrhnnk. Enh. ^- Terr. Fisliefi, p. 20. f. 5, 6. 

 B. 7. D. 8 I ^-. A. f^. L. lat. 95-100. 



I 20 16 



The upper maxillary reaches to below the middle of the eye ; both 

 limbs of the praeoperculum ciliated. Caudalis slightly emarginate. 

 Uniform brown (in spii'its) ; the soft dorsal and anal fins mtli two 

 series of dark-brown spots. 



Coasts of Australia. 



a. 5.|" long. From the Haslar Collection. 



10. LOBOTESt. 



Lobote.^, Cur. Kef/ne Anim. ; Cur. S;- Vul. v. p. ^18. 



Form of the body and of the vertical fins rather elevated. Eye 

 i-ather small. Snout blunt, with the lower jaw longer and the clelt 

 of the mouth oblique. One dorsal, with twelve spines, the anal fin 

 with three. Caudalis rounded. No canines (inferioi- pharyngeal 

 bones separated). Praeoperculum denticulated ; operculum with ob- 



* From iinep, above, and y\v(pi), grooro. 



t 1. Lobotes citrimis, Riihardf,. Ichth. Ch/nn. p. 237. 



2. — — — emarginadis. Baird tj" Girtrnl. XinfJi Smi^ln^'ni . Hrpnrf^ y ?,'X^. 

 (United States) does not nppear to belon;; to tins (jenust 



7. 



