THREE UNDESCRIBED QUEENSLAND FISHES. 
By J. Doveras OGILBY. 
(Communicated by Me A Longman.) 
(Read before the Royal Society of Queensland, 27th November, 
1916). 
PARAPLESIOPS JOLLIFFEI, sp. nov. 
(Bluetip Longfin). 
Body subovate, its depth subequal to the length of 
the head, which is 2.67 in that of the body. Snout linear, 
three fourths of the eye-diameter, which is 3.25 in the 
head ; interorbita] width 2.67 in the eye-diameter. Maxillary 
extending to below middle of eye. Scale formula 2/32/14 ; 
lateral lines 28/12. Dorsal xiil0, originating above 
opercle; last spine longest, 1.9 in length of head and 2.15 
in the 7th and longest ray, which is 2.4 in the body-length. 
Caudal rounded; middle rays as long as dorsal lobe. 
Anal iiill, originating below the llth dorsal spine, the 
last spine and the seventh ray a little longer than those 
of the dorsal. Pectoral with 18 rays, rather longer than 
the head. Ventral one seventh longer than pectoral, 
extending to the 8th anal ray, its spine four sevenths of 
head. Gill-rakers 11 (four tubular) on lower branch of 
anterior arch, the longest one fourth of the eye-diameter. 
Body purplish black, the last third of the trunk and the tail 
with six obscure grayish cross-bands, which do not reach 
the dorsal surface. A navy blue band from the nostril 
to the angle of the preopercle; cheeks and _ opercles 
sparsely blue-spotted. Pectorals greenish yellow; other 
fins purple tipped with sky-blue; caudal, and in a lesser 
degree soft dorsal and anal, with a network of grayish 
lines, forming a mosaic pattern. (Named after my friend, 
Mr. Edwin Alfred Jolliffe, an enthusiastic fisherman and 
keen observer, by whom it was captured). 
Described from a single example, 151 millim. long, 
caught at Green Island, Moreton Bay. Reg. no., I. 
16/2652. 
