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Described from a specimen 206 mm. long from the snout 

 to the hypural joint. It is allied to T. bidyana, but is 

 readily distinguished from that species by its much larger 

 scales. The only other species with which it need be com- 

 pared is T. hill ii, which, however, has 13 dorsal spines and 

 is less elongate. 



Loc. — Cooper Creek, near Innamincka, October 3, 1916. 

 Caught with hook and line. 



With this species I have associated the memory of my 

 old friend, Edwin J. Welch, who was second in command and 

 surveyor of the Burke and Wills relief partv, under A. W. 

 Howitt, 1861 (see page 420 of this vol.)— E."R. W. 



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Therapon barcoo, n. sp. 

 Fig. 2. 



12: A. iii. 8; C. 17; P. 16 



xiii. 12: A. iii. 8: C. 17; P. 16: V. i. 5. Seventy 

 rows of scales below the lateral line between its origin and the 



Fig. 2. 



hypural joint, and 82 above it : 12 scales between the lateral 

 line and the base of the median dorsal spines. Cheek scales 

 in 7-8 rows. 



Depth 2'1 in the length to the hypural joint; head 3'2 

 in the same. Eye 48 in the head, and 1*2 in the snout, 

 which is 3*7 in the head. Eye 1*5 in the interorbital space, 

 which is 3*1 in the head. Fifth dorsal spine 2*0, second anal 

 spine 2*2, pectoral 1*6, and ventral 1*5 in the head. 



Body rather deep, compressed, the upper and lower pro- 

 files almost evenly arched. Snout pointed. Head almost flat 

 above, the profile slightly arched from the nape to the dorsal 



