194 HIALMAR RENDAHL 



Pogoneleotris microps M. Web, 

 Locality: Daly River, August 



\, 1894 . ... Two specimens, 81 and 60 mm. 



(s. c). 



D. VI Vs; A. Vs; P- 20; 1. 1. 30-31 ; 1. tr. 10; scales round 

 caudal peduncle 16. 



Height of body 6,1 — 6,5 in total length (5,4—5,5 s. c), head 

 3,9 — 3,6 (3,0 s. c.) in the same. Head broad, flat between the 

 eyes, its width being contained 1,4 times in its length. Maxillary 

 reaching to middle of eye. Lower jaw not prominent. Eye ÔV^ — 

 6,7 in head, 2,1 — 2,2 in interorbital space, 1,9—1,8 in snout. 

 Interorbital space 3,1 — 3,2 in head, snout 3,6—3,7 in head. 

 Snout 1,1 — 1,2 in interorbital space. A band of uniform, small 

 teeth in each jaw, very narrowly interrupted at the symphysis. 

 The width of these bands is 7i of the eye-diameter. No teeth 

 on vomer or the palate. No praeopercu'.ar spine. Head scaly to 

 the extremity of the snout. 



Scales of body rather large, each scale with several small 

 ones at the base. All the scales strongly ctenoid. Scales on nape, 

 occiput and opercle smaller, those on snout, praeopercle, and 

 cheeks very small. 2—3 longitudinal rows of extremely small 

 scales cover the uppermost part of the eye. Nasal apertures 

 rather wide and tubular, the tubule of the posterior is, however, 

 very low. 



The color of the body is in spirits a light brown; there are 

 distinct traces of lighter longitudinal bars formed by the lighter 

 colored centers of the scales. All the fins are blackish, more 

 or less variegated with whitish spots and bars. In the ventral 

 fins the fourth ray is the longest, slightly exceeding the length of 

 the postocular part of the head. The first ray is the shortest, 

 being about 7-2 the length of the fourth. All the rays of the 

 ventrals terminate in free fringes. Pectoral fins about l^/s length 

 of head. 



