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LXXXII. Family Priacaxthidae. 



177. Priacanthus Cuvier (Oken), Reg. Anim. ii, 1817. p. 281 (maeroph- 

 thalmus) . 

 A. Body much more than twice as long as deep; ventral fins as long as head. 



Macracanthus ( 177a) . 

 AA. Body almost half as deep as long; ventrals much longer than the head. 



velabundus (177b). 



177a. P. macracanthus. Red Bullseye. Id. Cuv. & Val. H.N. Poiss. 



iii. 1829, p. 108. P. benmebari Sehlegel, Faun. Japoniea, Pisces, 



1842, p. 19, pi. 7, 1. 

 Not uncommon in deep water. Length 12 inches. 



177h. P. vki.abuxdus. 7,/. MeCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour iii. 3, 1915, p. 



114, pi. 19 (PI. xx). 

 A rare deep water species. Length 8 inches. 



LXXXIII. Family Apogoxidae. 



A. Second dorsal fin as long as the anal. 

 B. Two anal spines. 



C. Preoperculum serrated; marine. Apogon (178). 



CC. Preoperculum entire. 



D. Scales cycloid, tongue toothless; marine. Adenapogon (179). 



DD. Scales ciliated, tongue with teeth; fluviatile. Glossamia (180). 



BB. Three anal spines. Apogonops (181). 



AA. Anal much longer than second dorsal. Dinolestes (182). 



178. Apogox Lacepede, H.N. Poiss. iii, 1802, p. 411 (ruber). 

 A. Body with dark longitudinal stripes. 



B. More than two stripes on each side. fasciata (178a i. 



BB. Two stripes on each side. quadrifasciata (178b). 



AA. Body without longitudinal stripes. 



C. A lark ocellus above the pectoral. atripes (178c). 



CC. No definite colour-markings. novae-hollandiae (178d). 



178a. A. fasciatus. Soldier Fish. Mullits fasciatus Shaw, White's Voy. 

 N.S. Wales, 1790, p. 268 and plate. Amia fasciata var. stevensi 

 MeCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour iii. 3, 1915, pi. 16, 2 (PI. xx) . 

 Commonly taken in seine neta in .shallow harbours and estuaries. Length 5 

 inches . 



178b. A. quadripasciatus. Id. Cuv. & Val., H.N. Poiss. ii, 1828, p. 153. 



Amia quadrifaxciata Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. vii, 1876, p. 88, pi. 335, 1. 

 A tropical species, rare in New South Wales waters. Length 4J inches. 



178c. A. atripes. Amia nigripes Ogilby {nee. Playfair), Ann. Qld. Mus. 

 No. 10, 1911, p. 49, pi. 5, 2; Id. MeCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour, iii, 

 3, 1915, p. 119, pi. 15, 2. A. atripes; Ogilby, P. Roy. Soc. Qld. xxviii, 

 1916, p. 116 (PI. xx). 



Occurs in the northern river estuaries. Leng-th 4 inches. 



178d. A. xovae-hollaxdiae. Id. Valenciennes, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. 

 Nat., 1832, p. 55, pi. 4, 2. ? A. guntheri Castelnau, P. Zool. Soe. 

 Vict, i, 1872, p. 46. 

 A very imperfectly known species, of which the above synonymy may not 

 be correct. 



