BY J. DOUGLAS OGILBY. 15 
lobe is the longer; by the much shorter caudal lobes (232 
in the length) ; by the more forward insertion of the ventral 
fin (below the base of the pectoral) ; etc. Up to the present 
we have no authentic knowledge of the occurence of either 
T. russellii or T. baillonit, which are certainly distinct, in 
the seas of the Commonwealth, and all records of these two 
species eastward from a line drawn between the West 
Coast of Australia and the Moluccas must be looked upon 
with grave suspicion. 
Described from a half grown example, caught in the 
South Passage, Moreton Bay, and presented to the A.F.A.Q. 
Museum by Mr. Willie J. Howes. 
FAMILY APOGONID A. 
APOGONICHTHYS NEBULOSUS sp. nov. 
1D: vitesse Anji 8.3 Se.) 25, cires; Ly le 9. Depth) of 
body 22, length of head 22 in length ot body. Snout 4 longer 
than diameter of eye, which is $ of length of head. In- 
terorbital region convex, its width 5? in the head. Mavxil- 
lary extending to below middle of eye, the width of its 
distal extremity 3 of the eye ; lower jaw the longer. Lateral 
line ceasing below the spinous dorsal. Spinous dorsal 
originating behind base of pectoral ; second spine highest, 
24 in length of head and not quite so high as the soft dorsal : 
anal originating slightly behind and somewhat higher than 
soft dorsal, its basal length 34 in the head : caudal rounded, 
# in length of body : pectoral 3 of length of head and as long 
as the ventral, which reaches to the vent. Pale greenish 
gray, marbled with olive green; upper surface of head 
darker; a pair of short, broad, posteriorly convergent, 
brown bands on the occiput: tips of anal and ventral fins 
dusky. Inrides silvery, strongly suffused with umber brown. 
(nebulosus, clouded). 
Dimensions of type in millimeters.—Total length to 
end of middle caudal ray 57; to end of hypural bone 45 ; 
depth of body 17:5; length of head 19; of snout 6°25; 
diameter of eye 4°75; width of interorbital region 3°5; 
of maxilla 3; height of 2nd dorsal spine 8°5; of soft dorsal 
9°5; length of anal 6; height of anal 10; length of caudal 
12°5; of pectoral 12; of ventral 12. 
