114 THREE UNDESCRIBED QUEENSLAND FISHES. 
behind the upper angle of the preopercle. Lower two- 
thirds of iris vivid scarlet, upper third green, the colors 
sharply defined. Dorsal fin pink, bordered by a broad, 
gold-edged, lilac band; caudal pinkish yellow, broadly 
tipped with rose, the upper ray narrowly edged with gold, 
the lower with rose; proximal half of anal yellow, distal 
half lilaceous silvery, the former with a basal and two 
median pale blue bands ; pectorals and ventrals colourless. 
(Named after the Hon. E. G. Theodore, M.L.A., in 
recognition of the formation by him of a Department of 
Fisheries.) 
Described from a fine example, measuring 267 millim., 
taken by the writer on the Caloundra Banks, and now in 
the Queensland Museum, as also is a somewhat smaller 
example caught at the same time by Mr. T. C. Troedson ; 
a third example is in the Museum ot the Amateur Fishermen’s 
Association. Reg. no. of type, I. 16/2648. 
Five species of Nemipterus have now been recorded 
from the Queensland Coast, and may be recognized as 
follows :— 
a!, Lower jaw with distinct canines. 
6b‘. Scales in transverse series 4/14; spinous dorsal higher than the 
soft; colouration uniform un a ae robustus* 
b2. Scales in transverse series 4/11; spinous dorsal lower than the 
soft; body with yellow bands .. ..  teniopterus 
a2, Lower jaw without canines. 
c'. Median dorsal spines longest. 
d+, Scales in transverse series 3/12; upper caudal lobe 
not produced ; colouration uniformy .. upeneordes 
d%, Scales in transverse series 3/10; upper caudal lobe 
much produced; body with yellow bands aurifilum 
c2. Posterior dorsal spines longest; scales in transverse series 
3/9; caudal lobe not produced; body with yellow 
bands 5c bc om ae ..  theodorer 
CANTHERINES MAYNARDI, sp. nov. 
(Brown-spotted Leatherjacket). 
Body ovate, its depth at the ventral spine half of 
its length. Length of head 3.6 in body-length. Snout 
*New name for Synagris furcosus, Gunther, not Dentex furcosus, 
Valenciennes. 
+Bleeker (Atlas Ichth., pl. cccxxvii, fig. 2), figures this species with a. 
large oval blackish shoulder-spot. 
