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••ENDEAVOrE" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



Dorsal spines increasing^ in length backwards, the last once 

 and a half to twice as long as the first and about as long as 

 the snout ; the filament of each spine is produced beyond its 

 -point. Rays of the dorsal longer than the spines, the second 

 or third last the longest and 2-2^ in the head. Anal similar 

 to the dorsal. Second and third upper pectoral rays the 

 longest ; the upper portion of the hinder margin is either 

 straight or slightly concave, while the lower angle is broadh 

 rounded. \'entrals rather small and pointed, not reaching 

 backwards to the \ent. Hinder margin of the caudal truncate 

 the upper lobe, and usually the lower one also, produced. 



FIG. 19. 



Colour. — Pink, with a large yellow spot in the centre of 

 ■each scale on the sides. The head and back are darker, and 

 there is a light green spot on the operculum. A black spot 

 on the back at the base of the last dorsal rays may be present 

 or absent, and may be followed by a second less distinct one 

 on the free portion of the tail. After long preservation, the 

 colour is almost uniformly whitish with only faint indications 

 of longitudinal yellow bands along the rows of scales below 

 the lateral line. There are very indistinct traces of light spots 

 on the dorsal and anal fins which also appear to have had 

 slightly darker margins with lighter inframarginal bands. 



Described from eight specimens, 148-215 mm. long. 



There are also three specimens in the Australian Museum 

 which were received from the Tasmanian Museum as 

 Lahrichthys mortoni, Johnston, with the description of which 

 they agree very well. They were afterwards identified by 

 Ogilby as Pseudolahrus psittaculus, and they are certainly 

 identical with the "Endeavour" specimens which I determine 

 as that species. 



