286 RKCORKS ny JUK AlsriiAM AN MISKIM. 



Eleotrix retiriilnlns, Klanzinger, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wieii, Ixxx. i., 1879, 



p. 888, pi. iv., tig. 3. /'/., Macleav, Proc. Liun. Soc. N.S. Wales, ix , 



1884, p. 8.3. 

 Eleotriii eleruttt, Macleav, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, v., 1881, p. (V22; 



(snb.stitate name for E. coiiiirent^nx, Macleav, uec KrefftJ. 

 Eleiitiig liuiuilia, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. (590. 

 Eleotrig cavifrons, De Vis, Ibid., p. 693 (not E. ravifrous, Blj-th). 

 Eleotriif devisi, Ogilby, Proc. Liun. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxi., 1897, p. 753 ; 



(substitute name for E. cun'/nniK, de Vis, iiec Blytli). 

 Carasiiutptt ronijiressiiii, Ogilby, Ibid., p. 735. Id., Waits, Rec. Austr. Mus., 



v., 1904, p. 280, pi. xxiiv., tig. 1. 

 Citrassiops lotigi, Ogilby, Ibid., p. 733. 

 Ciiraesiopg ruiHpn-sfiiin nKititmiw, Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld , xx., 1907, 



p. 28. 

 Hypneleotrig roinprf^sng, Cockerel!, Mem. Qld. Mus., ii , 1913, p. 59. 



D. vi/10; A. 11; P. 15; V. i/5 ; C. 15. Twenty-eiglit (scales between 

 the upper base of the pectoi-al and the hypural joint, and nine between 

 the anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth at ventrals 32 in the length to the hypural joint ; head 3() 

 in the same. Kye 4*2 in the head, and 1"3 in the interorbital space ; 

 snout 12 in the eye. Fourth dorsal spine 1*7, penultimate dorsal i-ay 11, 

 and penultimate anal ray 1"4 in the head. Bi-eadth at bases of pectorals 

 19 in the depth. Deptli of the caudal peduncle 17 in the distance 

 between the last dorsal ray and the hy[)u?al joint, and 1*8 in the head. 



Cheek and operculum covered with hirge scales, which aie arranged 

 in about four i\)ws on the cheeks. Rows of minute pores sniround tlie 

 eyes, and extend across the cheeks and opercles, around the preopercular 

 bordei', and on each side of the mandible. Interorbital space naked, 

 almost flat. Anterior nostril in a short tube near the lip, the posterior a 

 simple opening near the upper margin of the eye. Mouth oblique, the 

 maxilla not nearly reaching the vertical of the antei'ior ocular margin ; 

 mandible projecting. A bi'oad band of villiform teeth in each jaw, jialate 

 toothless. Tongue appai-ently truncate anteriorly, or slightly ennirginate. 

 Gill-openings broad, sepainted by a rather nai-row interspace. Kxposed 

 edge «)f shoulder girdle forming a curved, smooth ridge. 



Body compressed, elevated, and covered with lai-ge ctenoid scales, 

 which extend forward to the level of the eyes, there being about fifteen 

 rows befoi"e the tii-st doi-sal ; they are largest on the middle of the sides, 

 and smallest on the breast and base of the y»ectoi-al. A lai-ge genital 

 papilla, which is bi'oad and ti-nncate posteriorly with its lateml angles 

 slightly produced. 



First dorsal spine inserted above the end ot the first third of the 

 pectorals ; the spines increase in length to the fourth, and the dorsal rays 

 incivase in length to the penultimate, which extends three-fourtlis of its 

 distance fi-om the hypural. Anal opposite and similar to the second 

 doi'sal. Pectt)i'al rounded, not quite reaching the vertical of the fii-st 

 dorsal I'ay. Venti^als inserted below the base of the pectoi-als ; the fourth 

 )"ay longest, filamentous, and reaching the ventral. Caudal damaged. 



