654 DR. A. GTJNTHER ON NEW FISHES [Nov. 21, 



Upper parts nearly uniform brownish, with a few very indistinct 

 darker specks. 



Distance of the extremity of the snout from the vent . 4| inches. 

 Distance of the extremity of the tail from the vent . . 51 „ 

 Greatest width of the disk 65 ,, 



One example, from the Godeffroy Museum, is in the collection of 

 the British Museum. 



Chiloscyllium mobestum. (Plate LIV.) 



The lower labial fold is not continued across the symphysis. 

 Mouth at the lower surface of the snout, at some distance from its 

 extremity, but nearer to the latter than to the eye. Dorsal fins sub- 

 equal in size, with the angles not produced, close together, the dis- 

 tance between them being somewhat more than one half of the length 

 of the base of the first. Origin of the first dorsal above the middle 

 of the base of the ventral. Uniform brown, darker on the back than 

 on the sides. 



The skin of a single example (female, 20| inches long), was ob- 

 tained with other objects from Queensland. 



Serranus htjmerams (C. & V.) 

 = Serranus albomaculatus ( Jenyns). 



Antiiias rhobopeplus. (Plate LV.) 



D. g. A. 3/7. L. lat. ca. 35. 



The height of the body is a little more than the length of the 

 head, and two fifths of the total (without caudal). The width of the 

 interorbital space is less than the diameter of the eye, which is one 

 third of the length of the head, the snout being very short. Angle 

 of the prseoperculum with a very prominent flat spine, single or 

 double. The canine teeth of the lower jaw are strongly curved, 

 considerably stronger than those of the upper, and placed more 



towards the side. The vomerine teeth form a A-shaped band ; the 



palatine band broader and rounded in front, tapering behind. 

 Tongue with a large rounded patch of villiform teeth. Scales on 

 the body rather irregularly arranged, those on the head much the 

 smallest. The third dorsal spine, the anterior dorsal rays, the caudal 

 lobes, and the two outer ventral rays produced into filaments. Sides 

 of the fish reddish rose-coloured ; an oblique golden-yellow band 

 runs from the prseorbital below the eye towards the angle of the 

 prseoperculum. The uppermost part of the back and the nape 

 golden yellow. Most of the scales on the side with a pinkish-violet 

 spot on" the base ; back of the tail pinkish violet. Fins reddish rose- 

 coloured ; the dorsal rays with blackish-brown rings ; base of the 

 caudal crossed by a blackish-brown band. 



One specimen, 6| inches long, has been sent by Dr. B. Meyer 

 from Manado. 



