162 MEMOIBS OF THE QUEENSLANV MVSEVM. 



body, oth' ray longest, not or just reaching the vertical from the vent. Ventral 

 fin i-5 in the length of the pectoral and 14 in that of the head, the outer ray 

 the longest, extending not quite to, to, or a little beyond the vent. 



Gill-rakers 4 or 5 + 8 or 9, short and elaviform. the shortest 6 to 6-67 in 

 the eye-diameter. 



Upper surface red, gradually shading through the rose-pink of the sides 

 to tlie pearly white of the belly; a yellow lateral band from the opercle to the 

 upper caudal lobe, and a pair of similar bands, united anteriorly, from the 

 isthmus to the lower caudal lobe, passing just outside the bases of the ventral 

 and anal fins. Tapper lip saffron-yellow. Dorsal, anal, pectoral, and ventral 

 fins hyaline, the first tipped with gold ; caudal pink, with a wide greenish yellow 

 terminal border and the filamentous ray brilliant sulphur yellow, {aurimi, gold; 

 filum, a thread or filament.) 



Described from 5 examples, measuring from 195 to 298 niillim., taken on 

 the Queensland Coast between Cape Moreton and Edgecumbe Bay, at depths 

 varying from 13 to 70 fathoms. 



Nothing is known of this beautiful species save such statistics of distribu- 

 tion as were collected on board the ' ' Endeavour. ' ' Tlie total number of specimens 

 trawled was 840, to which must be added a single example taken by hook oil Cook 

 Island, Byron Bay, the most southern point where it was found. Appended is a 

 summary' of the Queensland localities at which it was obtained with particulars of 

 soundings, etc. 



" Cape Moreton, N. 53° W., 5 miles; 51 fath., dark sand and shell, 2 

 examples. Cartwright Point, S. 18° W., 11 miles; 24 fath., fine sand, 20. Low 

 Bluff, S. 10° E., 6 miles ; 15 fath.. fine sand, 18. Double Island Point, N. 30 W., 

 19 miles; 33 fath., fine dark sand, 52. Double Island Point, N. 42° W., 3-5 miles; 

 33 fath., fine dark sand, 1. North Reef, N.E. 1/^° E., 13 miles; 70 fath., fine sand 

 and shell, 66. Cape Capricorn. S.E., 14 miles; 13 fath., ?, 1. Hummocky Island. 

 S. 7° E., 7 miles; 15 fath., sand and shell, 2. Pine Peak, S. 58° E., 14 miles; 25 

 fath., mud, 367. Cape Gloucester, S. 62° W., 21 miles; 36 fath., sand and mud, 

 305. Cape Gloucester, S. 13° E., 5-5 miles; 25 fath., mud, 5. Bowen Light, 

 S. 22° W., 7 miles; 14 fath., sand and mud, 1." 



If trawling should become general on the Queensland Coast this species 

 is likely to become a favorite breakfast fish, supplemental to the whitings and 

 other fishes of similar size. 



LETHRINUS Cuvier. 



Lethrinus Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 2, 182 (choerorhynchus) ; Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss., vi, 1830, p. 272 ; Gilnther, Brit. Mus. Catal. Fish., i, 1859, p. 453 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 134 ; Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., viii, pt. 2, 1877, p. 110 ; Jordan 

 & Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xli, 1912, p. 558. 



LethrineUa Fowler. 



Lethrinichthys (subgenus of Lethrinus) Jordan & Thompson, ibid, [ncmatacanthus). 



Body ovate to subovate, compressed. Scales moderate, adherent, finely 

 ciliated. Lateral line tubes simple and straight, extending over the basal half 

 of the scale only. Head large, with long pointed snout and wide preorbital, naked 

 except the opercle, subopercle, and a part of the postorbital and parietal regions. 

 Cleft of mouth moderate and oblique, the jaws equal ; maxillary concealed. Jaws 

 anteriorly with two or three pairs of caninoid teeth, behind which are several 

 series of small sharp cardiform teeth ; lateral teeth strong, in a single series. Eye 



