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DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES. 
the exception of the anterior three, which are short, the third 
being somewhat less than the diameter of the eye, while the last 
is mnch more slender than the others ; the anal fin commences 
Vieneath the eleventh dorsal ray ; the first spine is small, the 
second long and very .strong, but the tip is broken ofi" in our 
specimen ; the ventral fins reach to the origin of the anal, and 
are three-fourths of the length of the head ; its spine is very 
sti’ong, and is four-sevenths of the same length ; the pectoral fins 
are long and falciform, reaching beyond the ventrals, and about 
equal to the length of the head ; the caudal fin is somewhat 
injured inferiorly, l)ut appears to have been emarginate, with the 
lobes somewhat acute ; the length of the upper is two-ninths of 
the total length. Scales — Of moderate size, cycloid, and very 
thin ; cheeks, a small patch above the opercle, and another above 
the po.stero-supeiior angle of the eye, scaly ; remaining bones of 
the head sculptured. The pseudo-branchiee are well developed, 
and the gill-rakei’s are reduced to mere knobs. Colors — Pale 
reddish-brown, the bony parts of the head darker, as also are the 
dorsal and anal spines ; ventral fins and some of the middle dorsal 
rays black ; lest of the fins colorless. 
But for the difference in the number of the dorsal spines and 
some other minor variations, I should have been inclined to con- 
sider this to be the species described in the “Fauna Japonica” as 
II. acntirostris. Our specimen, which was obtained in the Sydney 
market, and measures 11 1 inches, was obtained by the trawl net 
in seventy fathoms water off’ Port Jackson. Begister number, 
I. 1894. 
