Pp,v 



FISHES. — MCCULLOCH. 155 



del. Narrow blue lines between the eyes and crossing the 



snout; outer caudal rays filiform nebulosus. 



Posterior dorsal spines not shorter than the pi'eceding 



ones snb. gen. Neopercis. 



/. Cross-bars of baek indistinct ; five large dark 

 blotches below the lateral line: lateral line not 

 following the curve of the back ramsayi. 



ft. Cross-bars of baek distinct; no dark blotches below 

 the lateral lint'. 



;/. Seven bars from the base of the dorsal ; latei'al 



line following the curve of the back aJlport,!. 



gg. Eleven bars from the base of the dorsal ; lateral 

 line not following the curve of the back 



hiui cirgata. 



Parapercis (Parapercis) haackei, Steindachner. 



(Plate xxxiv., fig. 2.) 



/>■ haackei, Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien 

 lxxxviii.i., 1883 (1884), p. 1070. 



D. v. 22 ; A. 19 : P. 13-15 ; L. lat, 50-53, extending onto base 

 of caudal ; L. tr., counted obliquely backwards from origin of anal, 

 12-13+ 1 -f- 3. Head 3|, height at origin of anal 4|-5j in the 

 length to the hypural. Eye equal to or a little shorter than the 

 snout, 3|-3f in the head.' A band of villiform teeth in each jaw, 

 with an outer row of larger curved canines anteriorly ; a curved 

 band on the vomer, and a narrow one on each palatine. Median 

 dorsal spines longer than the others. 



Colour. — Sandy coloured in formalin, with a broad, dark, 

 wavy band from the eye to the base of the upper caudal rays, 

 which covers the lateral line for the greater part of its length, 

 Nine grey cross-bars between the pectoral and the caudal, which 

 are most distinct below. Sides of head with some indefinite grey 

 marks; upper lip with two dark spots, lower blackish on the 

 sides. Throat and gill-membranes with or without dark cross- 

 bars. A large dark spot on the anterior dorsal ; second dorsal 

 Avith a row of dark spots somewhat above the middle of its 

 height, and usually with a spot on the base of each ray above 

 the cross-bars on the body. Anal with a dark median band, and 

 a row of spots on the bases of the rays. Caudal dusky below, 

 with, or without indefinite cross-bauds. 



Ten specimens, 80-95 mm. long, differ from the original des- 

 cription of N. haackei in having small, but distinct palatine 

 teeth. Dr. Steindachner has, however, kindly compared one of 



