ON THE GENUS " GONORRHYNCHUS " (GRONOVIUS). 35 
D. 12 ; A. 9; C. 16; P. 12; V. 9. Body a trifle wider than 
deep, its depth 14'8 in its length and 2*65 in the length of the head, 
which is 5*60 in that of the body.* Snout pointed, projecting well 
beyond the mouth, in front of which is a short barbel. Diameter of 
eye 1*50 in the length of the snout and 3'85 in that of the head. 
Interocular region feebly convex, 2*50 in the eye. Dorsal fin 
commencing a little behind the last third of the body, the space 
between its origin and the root of the caudal 215 in its distance 
from the tip of the snout, as long as high, its height equaling the 
head behind the middle of the eye. Anal fin inserted one seventh 
nearer to the root of the caudal than to the ventral, shorter and 
lower than the dorsal, its height equaling the head behind the eye. 
Caudal fin emarginate, with the lobes rounded, the middle rays 1*45 
in the outer and 2 00 in the head ; length of free portion of tail 
thrice its depth, which is subequal to the diameter of the eye. 
Pectoral as long as the middle caudal rays and 5'30 in the space 
between its origin and the ventral; axillary appendage 2 25 in the 
length of the fin. Ventral inserted partly in front of the dorsal, its 
length 160 in its distance from the anal, the exobasal appendage 
shorter than that of the pectoral. Palest lemon yellow, with a 
series of dark brown spots above and below the lateral line, many of 
the upper ones being lost anteriorly and some of the posterior ones 
being confluent; snout and occiput brown-spotted; opercles with one 
large and several small brown spots. Dorsal, caudal, and anal fins 
with dusky tips, formed by innumerable, partly coalescing, brown 
dots, the caudal also with some basal and marginal spots (parvus, 
small ; manus hand, i.e. pectoral fin). 
Type in the collection of Mr. J. T. Jameson of Woody Point, 
Moreton Bay. 
Length of type 88 millimeters. 
Coasts of Eastern and South-Eastern Australia north to 
Moreton Bay. Probably also Lord Howe Island, Victoria, and 
Tasmania. 
The Queensland JNational Maseum possesses two small speci- 
mens without locality, which were doubtless taken in Moreton Bay. 
* It will thus be seen that, contrary to the statement of Dr. Glinther (ibid., p. 
374) that "young examples are constantly less elongate than adult," the opposite is 
de facto the case. Possibly the word "less" in the above quotation is a lapsus calami 
for "more." 
