SOME NEW OE LITTLE-KNOWN AUSTRALIAN FISHES.— OGILBY. 119 



with the upper profile linear and slightly acclivous, its width 1-8, its depth 1-31 

 in its length, which is 3-65 in that of the body. Snout depressed and obtusely 

 rounded anteriorly, its length 1-17 in the eye-diameter, which is 2-85 in the length 

 of the head and 1-07 in the gently rounded interorbital width. Cleft of mouth 

 oblique, the lower jaw prominent; maxillary somewhat dilated distally, not 

 extending to below the eye, entirely concealed when the mouth is closed. 



Scales in 32 series between the opercle and the root of the caudal, in 

 9 between the origin of the first dorsal and the vent. Cheeks, opercles, and 

 occiput scaly, the rest of the head naked. 



Dorsal fins with i 5, i 9 rays, the first originating above the 8th, the second 

 above the 16th body-scale ; spine of first dorsal 1-27 in the middle ray, which is 

 1-5 in the length of the head, and extends, when depressed, beyond the origin of 

 the second dorsal : spine of second dorsal as long as that of the first, the rays 

 increasing to the 3rd, which is a little lower than the first dorsal. Caudal 

 forked, its length one fourth of that of the body. Anal with i 15 rays, originating 

 below the middle of the first dorsal, its spine 143 in that of the dorsal and 1-5 in 

 the length of the longest ray; last ray of anal not nearly reaching to the caudal. 

 Pectoral pointed, with 14 rays, the 4th longest, 1-66 in the length of the head. 

 Ventral inserted below the middle of the appressed pectoral, its length 1-57 in 

 that of the head, the outer ray longest, reaching to beyond the vent. 



Light brown, all the upper trunk-scales with darker borders; sides with 

 six series of small dark spots, forming chevron bands. Opercular region with two 

 dusky blotches. Fins colorless. 



Etymology: — I have much pleasure in naming this pretty little species 

 after my friend and fellow-worker Mr. Allan Riverston McCulloch, whose 

 excellent papers on our southern and deep-water fishes have become the leading 

 feature in Australian ichthyology. 



Reg. No. in the Queensland Museum — I. 12/731 ; its length 52 millim. 



Range: — Streams of North Queensland. Two specimens from the Barron 

 River, near Cairns, N.Q. 



How acquired: — Collected and donated by Mr. A. Anderson. 

 Family STROMATEID.E. 



PSENES HILLII sp. nov. 

 Type locality: — Cowan Cowan, Moreton Bay. 



Body elliptical, the dorsal and ventral contours rounded and symmetrical, 

 its width 2-5 in its depth, which is 2-85 to 3-05 in its length and a little more than 

 the length of the head; caudal peduncle about one fourth longer than deep, its 

 least depth 9-8 in the body-length. Head rather large, the upper profile feebly 



