64. Dr. A. Giinther on Australian Reptiles and Fishes. 
57. Notograptus guttatus, 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. Hye 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. 7 
59. Mugil cephalotus (C. & V.). 
China, Hawkesbury River. 
60. Mugil breviceps (Steindachner). 
Hawkesbury River (L. lat. 48-50). 
61. Atherina stercus muscarum, sp. n. 
D.7 |; A.j 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|; A.z 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 fins deep black ; 
ventrals white. . 
Cape York. 
