BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 875 



spots extending a little on the base of the soft dorsal. Base of 

 caudal and pectoral similarly spotted. A very obscure brown 

 ])atch on the base of the first four dorsal rays. A dark brown 

 axillary spot and an obscure bluish spot on the origin of the 

 lateral line. 



Length, 5 inches. Locality, Cardwell. 



Glypiiidodon expansus. 

 D. 13/13. A. 2/11. Lat. 32. Tr. 3/8. 



The height of the body is rather more than ^ of the length s.c. 

 Interorbit flat. Profile symmetrically concave above and below. 

 Three series of scales on the cheeks. Preorbital not half the 

 breadth of the orbit. Infraorbital narrow merging gradually into 

 the preorbital. 



Colour uniform blueish silv^ery. Fins darker. Hinder part of 

 the dorsal and anal whitish, with the rays minutely dotted black. 



Length, 2J inches. Locality, Barrier Reef. 



Onar n.g. Pomacentrid^ 1 



Pungent spines of the dorsal few. Dentition labroid, none of 

 the bones of the head curved. Scales ctenoid. Lateral line 

 resumed. Branchiostegals five. 



Onar nebulosum. 

 D. 2/17. A, 3/U. Lat. 46. Tr. 3/14. 



The height of the body is 4^-, the length of the head 4 in the 

 total length. Orbit 3 in the length of the head. 



Lower lateral teeth short, stout, conical close set, canines one 

 pair in front. Upper laterals small transversely compressed on 

 edge of the jaw, canines, two pairs, small. The first two rays of 

 the dorsal the shortest, pungent, the rest flexible. Lateral line 

 ending beneath the soft dorsal on the 32nd scale and resumed 

 below on the 36th. Lower jaw protruding and teeth exposed. 

 Lips thin, cheeks with five rows of scales, caudal scaly at base. 

 Dorsal a little scaly at posterior end. Brownish black, each scale 

 with a round black spot at the base. Fins black. 



