IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
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MUGrXL TADOPSIS sp. nov. 
BROWN-BANDED MULLET. 
D. viii, i 8; A. iii 9. Sc. 32 or 33-11. Yentral contour of body 
more arched than that of the dorsal : greatest depth below the 
spinous dorsal 3| to 3f , the length of the head 4f in the length of 
the body. Upper profile of head feebly convex to before the upper 
third of the eyes, sublinear and but little oblique behind. Upper 
lip thin, its exposed edge rounded above, vertical in front, its depth 
J- of the longitudinal diameter of the pupil; lower border formed 
by a pair of sublinear lobes, separated by a narrow symphysial 
notch. Jaws with a single series of minute cilia. Maxillary 
extending to behind the posterior nostril, bent abruptly downwards 
and somewhat thickened posteriorly, its distal limb exposed. Snout 
broad, feebly rounded in front, almost wholly scaly, about as long 
as the diameter of the eye, which is 3^ to 4^ in the length of the 
head ; adipose lid narrow in front, much wider and nearly reaching 
the pupil behind. Interorbital region convex, its width 2 to 2^ in 
the length of the head. Preorbital scaly, its outer border deeply 
concave, feebly serrated posteriorly, and forming a rectangle or 
rather less than a rectangle with the distal border, which is sub- 
truncate and finely denticulated. Depth of cheek below the middle 
of the eye about half a diameter of the eye. Rami of lower jaw 
meeting at an obtuse angle, separated by a shallow mesial groove 
and almost wholly scaly. Free intermandibulary space narrow and 
cuneiform. Interopercles in contact. Spinous dorsal originating 
above the 10th. body scale and somewhat nearer to the tip of the 
snout than to the base of the caudal ; spines strong, the 2nd. the 
highest, H to If in the length of the head : soft dorsal originating 
above the 20th. body scale and considerably higher thau the spinous 
dorsal, the distance between their origins \ more than the length of 
the head ; outer border rather deeply emarginate, the last ray a 
little longer than the penultimate. Anal originating below the 19th. 
body-scale, as high as the soft dorsal, the space between its origin 
and that of the soft dorsal \ longer than the head, its basal length 
1-| to If in its distance from the caudal ; outer border emarginate, 
the posterior border but little produced. Caudal fin deeply 
emarginate, with 12 branched rays, the middle pair f- of the upper, 
and 6 to 8| in the length of the body : caudal peduncle strong and 
deep, its length 6 to 6f, its least depth 7 to 7^ in the body-length. 
Pectoral fin inserted nearer to the dorsal than to the ventral profile, 
with 17 rays, the 4th. the longest, extending to the 7th. body scale, 
and 4f to 5 in the length of the body ; space between its tip and 
the origin of the spinous dorsal f to f of its length : axillary scale 
