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on their edge; the fins are pink, with their extremity of a 

 blackish purple ; eye of a dark purple brown, with an internal 

 golden ring. Some specimens have the throat inflated. 



Found rather often on the Melbourne market in the cold 

 months. Average length, 4 inches. 



ENOPLOSUS. 



This very pretty fish was first observed by White, who, in his 

 travels in New South "Wales, describes it under the name of 

 Chcetodon Armatus. Lacepede founded on it the genus Enoplosus, 

 but left it as a sub-division of Clicetodon. Cuvier (Regne Animal) 

 easily saw that its only connection with that genus was due to 

 the distribution of its colours, and put it in, at its right place, in 

 his family of the Percoidce. Later, in his " Natural History of 

 Fishes," he gives a good figure of it, but the blue tinge it is 

 coloured with is not in conformity with nature. He also repre- 

 sents the eighth spine as forming part of the first dorsal ; but it 

 is always free in the numerous specimens I have seen, and 

 situated between the first dorsal and the second. Dr. Gunthar 

 only counts seven spines to the first dorsal, and does not mention 

 this isolated one. 



I. ENOPLOSUS AEMATTJS. 



Chsetodon armatus, White {Travels in New South Wales, 



pi. 39). 

 Enoplosus armatus, Cuvier ; Lacepede. 



{Bastard Dorey Fish.) 



D. 7-1—1/14. A. 3/14. P. 13. C. 17. 



Of a silvery white ; back of a brownish black ; head with two 

 and body with five broad brown transverse bands ; those of the 

 body generally alterning broad and narrow. The large dorsals 

 are of a dark purple brown, with the spines of a whitish purple 

 marbled with dark tinges ; caudal yellow, with its base and sides 

 brown ; anal and ventrals of a brownish black ; pectorals pink ; 

 the posterior parts of the second dorsal and anal are often of a 

 yellowish white ; eye of a bright jellow, well marked with the 

 brown band that crosses the head. 



This sort is commonly seen in the Melbourne market, and 

 is rather esteemed as food. It never attains very large dimen- 



