64 Di'. A. Giinther 07i Australian Reptiles and Fishes. 



57. Notograptus yuttatus, sp. n. 

 D. 69. C. 11. A. 43. 



The height of the body is one-twelfth of the total length 

 (without caudal), length of the head two-fifteenths. Eye small. 

 Barbel shorter than the ventrals, which are about twice as long 

 as the eye. Reddish or brown ; dorsal fin, upper, and lateral 

 parts with numerous blue dots, those on the head largest. 

 Young with the spots on the body indistinct, and of a brown 

 colour. 



Cape York. 0"- 17 long. 



58. Mugil subviridis (C. & V.). 

 India, Cape York. 



59. Mugil cephalotus (C. & V.). 

 China, Hawkesbury River. 



60. Mugil brcviceps (Steiudachner). 

 Hawkesbury River (L. lat. 48-50) . 



61. Atherina stercus muscarum, sp. n. 

 D. 7 I §. A. \. L. lat. 33. L. transv. 8 or 9. 



Origin of the spinous dorsal behind the root of the ventrals. 

 The height of the body is contained four times and two-thirds in 

 the total length (without caudal), length of the head thrice and 

 two-thirds. Snout not much shorter than the eye. Dorsal spines 

 feeble. Pectoral short, extending to the root of the ventral. A 

 black band from the snout through the eye to the root of the 

 pectoral. A silvery band along the fourth series of scales. Each 

 scale with a black dot at the base. 



Cape York. 2 inches long. 



62. Atherina signata, sp. n. 

 D. 3 I J. A. j^. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 7. 



Origin of the spinous dorsal behind the root of the ventrals. 

 The height of the body is contained thrice and three-fourths 

 in the total length (without caudal), length of the head four 

 times. Snout obtuse, shorter than the eye. The three dorsal 

 spines are united into a narrow lobe, terminating in a long 

 filament. Anterior dorsal and anal rays, lobes of the caudal, 

 and the ventrals prolonged into long filaments. The middle of 

 the sides silvery ; the prolonged parts of the tins deep black ; 

 ventrals white. 



Cape York. 



