AUSTRALIAN (iOlUIDvE McCULLOCU AN1> (KULl'.Y. 213 



a black edge followed by a lighter innei" border, wbich marking is also 

 present, though less distinct, on the second dorsal and upper and lower 

 mai'gins of the caudal. 



Described from a well preserved specimen, 48 mm. long, from Murray 

 Island. 



Varidtinu. — Two smaller specimens, 32 mm. long, which were taken 

 with the example described, are lighter in colour, the general tint being 

 yellowish, though their markings are similar ; the first dorsal is markedly 

 angular owing to the greater length of the anterior spines, and the 

 pectorals are longer and more pointed ; the eye also Is proportionately 

 larger. Another specimen 40 mm. long, is intermediate between the two 

 extremes. 



Locs. — We have examined a series of ninetj^-six specimens in the 

 Australian Museum from the following localities. Murray Island, Torres 

 Strait; coll. Hedley & McCuUoch. Samoa; Jordan & Seale Coll. New 

 Hebrides ; coll. Cummins & Stevens. Solomon Islands. Nicobar Islands ; 

 Dr. Francis Day's Coll. Seychelles ; exch. Paris Museum. 



Macleay recorded this species from the Endeavour River estuary, 

 North Queensland. 



Genus Parachaeturichthys, Bleeher. 



Paraohaeturichthys, Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. Sci, Nat., ix., 1874, p. 325 

 (Ghaetnrichthys pohjuema, Bleeker). Iti, Jordan & Snyder, Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus., xxiV., 1902, p. 103. 



Body moderately compressed ; scales lai^ge, ctenoid on the body, 

 cycloid on the nape and breast. Head not depressed, cheeks and opercles' 

 with cycloid scales ; cheeks with horizontal series of mucigerous pores. 

 Eyes superolateral ; interorbital space not wide. Mouth moderate, oblique ; 

 jaws equal, the lower with small barbies. Each jaw with a band of villi- 

 form teeth, and an outer series of enlarged teeth anteriorly. Tongue with 

 the tip tree and rounded. Gill-openings not continued forward below ; 

 isthmus wide. Inner edge of shoulder-girdle smooth. Dorsal fins short, 

 the spines not produced, with vi/i,10 rays ; anal similar to the soft dorsal, 

 with i,9 rays. Caudal loog and pointed. Pectorals pointed, with 21-22 

 rays, none free or silk-like. Ventrals united, free from the abdomen. 



Parachaeturichthys polynema, Bleeker. 



ChaeturichtJnjt! polynema, Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Gen., xxv., 1853, Japan 

 p. 44, fig. 4. 



Gobius polynema, Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iii., 1861, p. 46. Id., 

 Day, Fish. India, 1876, p. 286, pi. Ixi., fig. 8. 



ParachaetitrlchtJiys polynema, Bleeker, Verh. Akad. Amst., xviii., 1879, 

 Japan p. 19. Id., Jordan & Seale, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxiv., 1902, 

 p. 103. 



