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brown bar and crossed at regular intervals by eight similar 

 bars from the base of the pectoral to the caudal ; lower half 

 of the sides with nine vertical brown bands, as wide as the 

 interspaces and gradually fading into the lemon yellow 

 of the lower surface ; each of these bands is divided mesially 

 by a narrow black bar, which is continued e^cross the inter- 

 spaces by dusky spots. Na.pe and upper surface of the 

 head lilac spotted with brown ; a violaceous bar from th& 

 middle of the eye, through the nostrils to the edge of the 

 snout, which is spotted throughout with lilac ; middle of 

 snout with five spots a,rranged like an arrowhead, the shaft 

 being formed by two spots on the interorbital region ; a 

 vertical violet bar preceded by a triangular spot below 

 the eye ; lips with broad violet bars, those of the lower 

 continued across the chin by a j)a,ir of large violet spots ; 

 opercles brown-spotted ; subopercular and branchiostegal 

 regions crossed by two wide violet bands ; a series of six 

 violet spots across the throat immediately behind the gill- 

 openings. Dorsal and anal fins hyaline ; spinous dorsal 

 with the base dark brown and with a few smoky brown 

 spots on the membrane above ; soft dorsal with three small 

 black spots between each ray ; anal with a much larger 

 black basal spot similarly placed ; base of caudal 

 dark broAvn ; rest of fin partly pale brown partly hyaline, 

 black-spotted, the middle rays tipped with black ; pectorals 

 and ventrals lilac, the former with a violaceous base {strictus 

 constricted ; ceps, head). 



Type in the Queensland Museum. 



Length to 180 millim. 



Moreton Bay District, Queensland, 



Described from a fine example, captured off Peel 

 Island by Mr. T. Welsby, and now in the collection of the 

 A.F.A.Q. ; Cat. No. 870. 



Per CIS stricticeps, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 ix, 1884, p. 545. 



BATRACHOIDID.^. 



CORYZTCHTHYS GUTTULATUS Sp. nOV. 



D. iii, 20 or 21 ; A. 15 or 16. Length of head 2-8, 

 of caudal fin 4-5, of pectoral 5-2 in length of body. 

 Diameter of eye 3-9, width of interorbit 7, length of ventral 

 1-85 in length of head. 



