60 Dr. A. Giintber on Australian Reptiles and Fishes. 



22. Chilodaciylus gibbosus (Rich.). 



The tuberosities on the snout and the long dorsal spines are 

 probably sexual characters developed with age. 

 Sydney (Krefft). 



23. Scorpcena bynoensis (Rich.). 



Scorpa-na bynoensis, Richards. Ereb. &Terr. Fish. pi. 14. figs. 3-5 (young). 



jacksoniensis, Steindachner, Wien. Sitzgsber. xiii. taf. 3. fig. 2 



(adult; tentacles and membrane between dorsal spines badly figured). 



North-west coast of Australia^ Port Jackson (Krefft, 6) . 



24. Centropogon australis (White). 

 Sydney, Port Jackson. 



25. Centropogon robustus (Gthr.). 

 Centropogo7i Troschelii (Steindachner). 

 Sydney, Port Jackson, Cape York. 



26. Centropogon marmoratus (Gthr.). 

 Moreton Bay. 



27. Polynemus macrochir, sp. n. 

 D. 8 1 j^,. A. Y2- L. lat. 70. 



Five pectoral appendages, three of which extend to the anal 

 fin ; pectoral fin nearly as long as the head, the length of which 

 is contained thrice and two-thirds in the total (without caudal), 

 and equal to the distance between the root of the ventral and 

 the anal. A distinct spine above the angle of the pra^operculum. 

 Coloration uniform. 



New South Wales (Krefft, 103). 0™-22 long. 



28. Otolithus atelodus. 

 D.IOI^. A.i 



Scales small ; canine teeth none. Body elongate. The height 

 of the body is contained five times in the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head thrice and two-thirds. The 

 maxillary does not quite extend to the vertical from the bind 

 margin of the orbit. Prseoperculum rounded, with small, 

 slender, distant, spinous teeth. Dorsal spines moderately feeble. 

 Caudal fin slightly emarginate. Silvery; indistinct, oblique, dark 

 lines along the series of scales. Axil black behind. 



Australia. 0°i-31 long. 



29. Acanthurus matoides (C. & V.). 

 Indian Ocean, Pacific, Nicol Bay. 



