400 MXJLLIDJE. 



lobe with four or five yellow cross-bands, the lower margined with 

 violet posteriorly. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



7. Upeneoides vlamingii. 



Vlaming, no. 123 ; Renard, i. 5. 31. 



Upeneus vlamingii, Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 452. pi.. 71 ; Richardson, Ann. 

 8f Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, ix. p. 211. 



D. 8 I 9. A. 8. Csec. pylor. ca. 30. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3^ in 

 the total. The barbels reach to the angle of the praeopercalum. The 

 vomerine teeth are divided into two lateral groups. Red ; each scale 

 with a violet speck, forming together longitudinal series ; snout and 

 cheeks with obUque violet streaks ; the second dorsal and anal fins 

 with longitudinal series of violet specks. {Cuv.) 



Island of Motuaro, Queen Charlotte's Sound. (Rich.) 



2. UPENEICHTHYS. 



Upeneua, sp., Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 455. 

 Upeneichtnys, Blceker. 



Teeth in both the jaws and on the vomer, none on the palatine 

 bones. 



Australian Seas, entering rivers. 



1. Upeneichthys porosus. 



Upeneus porosus, Cuv. ^ Vol. iii. p. 455 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. Poiss. 

 p. 216. 



D. 8 I 9. A. 7. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 2/6. 



The barbels reach to the vertical from the extremity of the oper- 

 culum. Two silvery streaks between the eye and the mouth, the 

 lower continued below and behind the eye. 



Seas of Australia, Van ])iemen's Land, and New Zealand : enter- 

 ing rivers. 



a. Adult: skin: not good state. Port Jackson. From Mr. Gould's 



Collection. 



b. Half-grown : skin. Australia. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



c. Half-grown: skin. Australia. Voyage of H.M.S. Fly. 



d. Half-grown. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

 e-g. Adult : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



3. MULLUS. 



Mullus, Linn4 ; Cuv. Rkgnc Anim. ; Cuv. 8f Val. iii. p. 422. 



Teeth in the lower jaw, on the vomer and on the palatine bones, 

 none in the upper jaw. 



Mediten-anean ; Coasts of Temperate Europe. 



