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MR. C. TATE REGAN ON 



A small stufled specimen from South Africa also belongs to 

 this species. 



Text-fii?. 69. 



Heads of (A) ICuJdia humilis and (B) KiMia xplendens, in eacli case 

 from a specimen 120 mm. in total length. 



9. KuHLiA HUMILIS. (Text-fig. 69 A.) 



KvMia humilis De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ix. 

 1884, p. 396; Ogilby, Ann. Queensland Mus.x. 1911, p. 46, pi. vi. 

 f. 1. 



Kuhlia Qiicdo (part.) Bouleng. Cat. Fish. i. p. 40 (1895). 



KiMia proxima Kendall & Goldsborough, Mem. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool. xxvi. 1911, p. 282, pi. iii. f. 2. 



Depth of body 2|- to 3 in the length, length of head 3 to 3^. 

 Snout i^ to f diameter of eye, which is 21^ to 2| in length of head ; 

 interorbital width 3^ to 3^. Maxillary extending to below 

 anterior \ of eye. 25 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 46 to 50 scales in lateral line, 4 from sheath at base of spinous 

 dorsal to arch of lateral line, 10 or 11 thence to base of pelvic fin. 

 Dorsal X 1 1 ; fourth or fifth spine longest, f length of head ; 

 tenth a little shorter than seventh, more than f length of 

 head. Anal III 11 ; third spine as long as or a little longer 

 than second, as long as tenth dorsal ; base of fin nearly | as long 

 as head or \\ sus long as caudal peduncle. Pectoral f length of 

 head. Caudal deeply emarginate, but middle rays more than i as 

 long as longest. Caudal peduncle 1^ as long as deep. Silvery ; 

 back darker ; caudal with a rather broad dark posterior margin. 



Queensland ; Fiji Islands. 



Three specimens, 90 to 120 mm. in total length, from Fiji, are 

 undoubtedly K. proxima, but this seems to be a synonym of the 

 Queensland K. humilis. The species is scarcely distinct from the 

 preceding, but has a laxger eye, the anal fin a little shorter, and 

 the blackish margin of the caudal fin broader. 



