Dr. A. Gunther on new Species of Fishes. 393 



Caudal deeply forked. Pectoral broad, and rather short, 

 shorter than the ventrals. Silverj, back greenish. The 

 upper half of the body with five rather broad black cross 

 bands : one in front, and one below the spinous dorsal, and 

 three below the soft dorsal. A similar, but indistinct, band 

 above the eye. The spinous dorsal and ventrals black. 



One specimen, 8 inches long, sent from Sydney by Herr 

 Damel to the GodeiFroy Museum. This species agrees in the 

 number of fin-rays so well with S. gigcis^ that for some time I 

 was in doubt whether it was not the young of that species, which 

 is known from very large examples only. However, the form 

 of the snout is most peculiar in the present example, and not 

 likely to change with age. 



Chilodactylus spectahilis (Hutton, 1872, Febr.). 



This name is to be adopted instead of Ch. Allporti (Gthr. 



1872, Sept.). 



HOLOXENUS (g. n. Cirrhitid.). 



Body compressed, covered, like the fins, with loose skin, 

 which is either finely granular or provided with minute 

 scales. The greater part of the' spinous dorsal forms a sepa- 

 rate fin, some of the posterior spines being continuous with 

 the soft fin. Three anal spines. Caudal rounded. Pectoral 

 rays simple, not prolonged or thickened. Eye small. Mouth 

 of moderate width, with bands of villiform teeth. Gill-opening 

 very wide. Four gills, with a cleft behind the fourth. Pseudo- 

 branchise. 



Holoxenus cutaneus. 



D. 7 I ^. A. 9. C. 12. P. 11. V. 1/5. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and 

 is two fifths of the total (without caudal). Head strongly 

 compressed, with the small eye situated in the anterior half, 

 not far below the upper profile, which is concave. Snout of 

 moderate length ; mouth oblique, with the lower jaw some- 

 what prominent. Vertical fins high ; the anterior dorsal with 

 subsemicircular outline, with pungent spines, the first of which 

 is inserted above the eye, the third and fourth being the 

 longest. Caudal peduncle narrow. The pectoral and ventral 

 extend to the anal fin ; the ventral attached in its entire length 

 to the abdomen. Uniform whitish (in spirits). 



Two specimens, the larger of which is 10 inches long, from 

 Tasmania ; presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



This is one of the most singular fishes of the Tasmaniaa 

 fauna. At the first glance the observer is inclined to refer it 



