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figure, also lax skinny tips on tlie inferior points of the pre- 

 orbitar and prpoperculum, but the condition of the specimen 

 does not admit of other cirrhi being properly made out if such 

 actually existed. In the axilla of the pectoral there are four 

 or five pale round spots. The figure, which is of the natural 

 size, represents the markings which remain after loncy ma- 

 ceration in weak spirit. If there be a black mark in the first 

 dorsal, as in the militarise it is effaced in our specimen. 

 Length, 2.4 inches. 



Habitat. — The coasts of Australia. 



SMARIS POROSUS.— Richardson. 



Ch. Spec. — Sm. rostro porosissimo ; fascia obscurd e rostro 

 per ocnlum recfd ad caudam tractd ; fascid alterd in summo 

 dor so. 



Radii —B. 6 ; D. 10 [ 9 ; A. 3 ] 7 ; C. 15| ; V. 1 | 5. 



Plate 3. 



This Smaris has fewer dorsal rays than any species described 

 in the Histoire des Poissons, and a shorter body than the 

 Mediterranean vulgaris. Its shape is fusiform, the greatest 

 height, which is at the ventrals, and which exceeds twice the 

 thickness, being contained exactly four times in the total 

 length, caudal included. The thickness at the gill cover is 

 greater than that of the body, which lessens very gradually to the 

 end of the tail. The snout is transversely obtuse, but is rather 

 acute in profile. A cross section of the body at the ventrals 

 is ovate, approaching to an oval, the obtuse end being upwards. 

 In profile the curve of the belly is rather greater than that of 

 the back, and the face slopes downwards to the mouth, nearly 

 in a straight line. 



The head forms rather less than a quarter of the whole 

 length. The eye is large, and approaches near the profile 

 without trenching on it. The mouth is scarcely cleft so far 



