S2 'ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



portion of the dorsal and anal fins, especially anteriorly, and 

 also extend onto the caudal and basal portion of the pectorals. 

 Lateral line more or less arched anteriorly, thence straight to 

 the hypural and continued to between the tips of the middle 

 caudal rays. 



Origin of the dorsal over the interspace between the ven- 

 trals and the anal, and about twice as far from the end of the 

 middle caudal rays as from the snout. The spines increase 

 regularly in height and are closely adpressed to one another. 

 The second and third rays are the longest and are from two- 

 thirds to three-quarters as long as the head ; the next three 

 or four rays become rapidly shorter, and the following 

 decrease regularly to the last. Anal originating below the 

 second or third dorsal rays and terminating well behind that 

 fin ; its base is a little shorter than, but the rays are of similar 

 form and length to those of the dorsal. Pectoral pointed, the 

 third upper ray the longest and reaching backward to above 

 the anal spines or even as far as the third ray of that fin. 

 Ventrals short, reaching to or a little beyond the vent. 

 Caudal forked. 



Colour. — Silvery, tinged with pink, the upper parts of the 

 head and back darker. Most of the scales dark edged, par- 

 ticularly at the bases of the dorsal, anal and pectoral fins. 

 Tips of the dorsal and anal black. Caudal dusky, especialh 

 at the tips of the lobes, the outermost rays darker. Specimens 

 long preserved in spirits are colourless, with the lower half 

 of the body silvery. 



Described from four specimens 100-190 mm. long, from 

 Port Jackson and its vicinity. The "Endeavour" collection 

 includes two specimens from near Sydney, while nine others 

 ■were presented to the Australian .Museum by Mr. J. Blair, 

 who caught them in a meshing net at Bondi, near Sydnex'. 



F.AMiLV ZEID.-E. 

 Genus Ztis, Linncens. 

 Zeus faber, Linncens. 

 John Dorey. 

 Zeus fiihcr, GLinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., ii., 18O0, p. ;^(.ji,; 

 id., Day, Fish. Gt. Brit, and Ireland, i., 1880-4, p. 138, pi. 

 xlviii. ; id., Klunzinger, Sitz. Ak. W'iss. W'ien, ixxx. i., 

 1879, P- 37^''' "^'•' Waite, Rec. Cantb. Mus., i., 1907, 

 p. 25, and loc. cit., 191 1, p. 188. 

 Zeus australis, Richardson, Zool. Erel). and Terr., Fishes, 

 1845, p. 36, pi. XXV., fig. I ; id., Castelnau, Pruc. Zool. 

 Soc. Vict., i., 1872, p. 108; id., Waite, Mem. Austr. 

 Mus., i\-., 1899, p. 89. 



