IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
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height of which is equal to or a little more than the space between 
its origin and the orbit: free space between the dorsals about as 
long as the gill-opening : origin of soft dorsal about as far from the 
tip of the snout as from the middle of the caudal peduncle ; its 
outer border is feebly emarginate. the fourth, fifth, and sixth rays 
the shortest, the first subequal to the eighth ; the last the longest, 
much less produced in the females and young males than in adult 
males, in which it extends well beyond the base of the caudal. 
.Anal originating below the second dorsal ray, lower than the soft 
dorsal, its rays graduated from first to last, which is not pro- 
duced, and reaches to or nearly to the caudal. Caudal fin with 
two upper and three lower rays simple ; middle rays the longest, 2f 
to 3 (in the male), 3-f to 3-| (in the female) in the length of the 
body. * Pectoral fins inserted below the anterior half of the spinous 
dorsal ; the outer border concave above, feebly convex below ; middle 
rays the longest, much less than the width of the head. First 
ventral ray 2f in the length of the fourth or fifth, which are 
subequal, 4 to 4^ in the length of the body and extend to or not 
quite to the origin of the anal. Grill-openings transversely oval, 
protected anteriorly by a fold of the opercular membrane, equidistant 
from the eye and the origin of the spinous dorsal, but nearer to the 
latter than to the pectoral, which distance is as long as the space 
between the gill-openings. Pharyngeal teeth molariform. 
Coloration : — (After long immersion in alcohol). Pale brown 
above, with numerous inconspicuous lighter spots ; sides yellowish, 
uniform or with brown vertical bars; lower surface dull whitish. 
Spinous dorsal grayish or pale brown, usually with a dark brown spot 
on the membranes of the second or third rays, and sometimes with 
an angular band above the spot ; filaments with brown and white 
annuli throughout their whole length ; in the female the fin is dark 
brown, usually the first ray and sometimes the base white or pale 
brown ; second dorsal hyaline, each ray with two or three brown 
spots ; basal two thirds of the fin with a few clouded purplish 
blotches, and in the male the outer third with a few narrow wavy 
oblique lines between the rays ; outer edge of anal smoky, the rays 
and the base whitish : caudal with a few brown or purplish spots 
and blotches : upper pectoral rays with brown and white annuli : 
ventral fins hyaline ; the rays pale brown, with a few small reddish 
brown spots or short lines, (lima, a file ; ceps, head). 
Total length 120 millimeters. 
Types in the Queensland Museum. 
Moreton Bay, Queensland. 
