90 DESCRIPTION OF NEW QUEENSLAND FISHES 
more than { of its length, which is § of that of the body. 
Postorbital portion of head 24 in the preorbital portion 
which is 43 in the length of the body. Jaws moderate and 
stout, the maxillary not entirely concealed when the mouth 
is closed ; enlarged teeth strong but rather short ; tongue 
ciliate. Upper surface of head with a wide and rather deep 
median groove ; supraciliary and parietal regions partially 
striated. Diameter of eye 14 in the interorbital width and 
24 in the postorbital portion of the head. Scales very 
small; cheeks and anterior half of cephalic groove scaly ; 
opercles naked. Dorsal fin originating above the 4th or 
5th anal ray, the height of the 2nd ray equal to its distance 
from the base of the 11th; posterior rays not produced ; 
the last not reaching to the base of the caudal. Anal fin 
about as Jong as the dorsal, its anterior rays 4 longer than 
those of that fin and reaching to the base of its 14th ray. 
Caudal fin feebly emarginate, its lower lobe as long as the 
head behind the middle of the eye; caudal peduncle 
depressed, as wide as deep, with scarcely a trace of a lateral 
keel. Pectoral fin long and pointed, equal to the head 
behind the middle of the eye and 8} to 94 in the length of 
the body. Ventral fin inserted midway between the root 
of the caudal and the middle of the eye, not so long as the 
postorbital portion of the head, and 122 in the body length. 
Dark green above, sides iridescent silvery, below white ; 
dorsal and caudal fins dull green, with dusky borders ; 
outer half of pectorals blackish ; middle ventral rays yellow- 
ish : iris silvery, tinged above with pale yellow . (zmpotens, 
headstrong). 
Type in the collection of the Amateur Fishermen’s 
Association of Queensland. 
Total length 800 millimeters. 
Coast of Southern Queensland. 
Howes’ Needle-fish differs from T'ylosurus macleayanus 
in the larger eye, the incomplete recession of the maxillary, 
the depth of the cephalic groove, and the shorter posterior 
dorsal rays; from 7’. groenert in the depth of the cephalic 
groove, the smooth tongue, the broader peduncle, and the 
longer pectoral fin. 
Described from two specimens, measuring respectively 
540 and 580 millimeters, taken in Moreton Bay, and pre- 
