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ANNALS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
Described from four specimens, 250 to 297 millimeters long, 
the largest of which, Mr. De Vis' type, was picked up on the beach 
at Noosa, and is a sun-dried example, with all the fins except the 
spinous dorsal and anal broken short off, so that the figures given 
in the original description cannot be relied on. Two of the 
remaining specimens are in the possession of the State Inspector of 
Fisheries, the other in the collection of the Amateur Fishermen's 
Association of Queensland, and were respectively taken off Boome- 
rang Hill, Jenny Lind Buoy (Port Curtis), and Cape Capricorn ; 
from these three examples, which are perfect, the greater part of 
the above description has been taken. In addition to the five 
localities mentioned above examples were trawled off Double Island 
Point, Hervey, Platypus, and Bustard Bays. 
From the only other known species, C. scutatus * our fish may 
be distinguished by the following characters, those of the former 
being taken from Giinther's detailed description. f 
a 1 . Opercle ovate, nearly twine as long as deep ; sutures of lateral plates ser- 
rated ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... Scutatus 
a 2 . Opercle tetragonal, as long as or a little longer than deep, sutures of lateral 
plates smooth Cristatus 
POLYNEMIDiE. 
POLYDACTYLUS SPECTJLARIS (De Vis). 
Polynemus specularis De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, viii, 1883, p. 285 : 
Brisbane River. 
LESSER TASSEL FISH. 
D. viii, i 14 or 15 ; A. iii 16 or 17 ; P. 16 + vii : Sc. 6/53 to 
55/13 or 14 Depth of body 2 8 to 3, length of head 3*6 to 375, of 
caudal fin 2'85 to 305, of pectoral 3 45 to 3 6, of ventral 5*8 to 625 
in length of body. Length of snout 425 to 4*6, diameter of eye 
4*25 to 45, width of interorbit 3'7 to 4, length of maxillary 2*15 to 
2*3, height of spinous dorsal 115 to 1*25 in length of head. 
Body elliptical, the dorsal contour rather higher than the 
ventral; caudal peduncle as deep as long, its least depth 1*7 to 
2*25 in the depth of the body. Upper profile of head undulous; 
* Gentriscus scutatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 336 : East Indies. 
t Amphisile scutata Giinther, Brit. Mus. Catal. Fish., iii, 1861, p. 525 : Philip- 
pines, Singapore, China. 
