NEW OR INSUFFICIENTLY DESCRIBED FISHES. 45. 
snout obtuse, its anterior border linear or feeble convex and strongly- 
declivous, as long as the eye-diameter ; tip of upper jaw vertically 
below the anterior nostril; diameter of eye 1'05 to 1*2 in the convex 
interorbital width ; adipose lid entirely covering the eye and cheek, 
extending forward round the nostrils, and backward more than mid- 
way to the preopercular border ; maxillary extending beyond the 
eye, the width of its distal extremity equal to the depth of the 
preorbital, and 185 to 2*15 in the eye-diameter. Vertical limb of 
preopercle evenly and finely serrated. Head entirely scaly, except 
the anterior border of the snout. 
Length of first dorsal 1'85 to 2 in that of the second, and 2 to 
2'2 in that of the third and longest spine, which is equal to or a 
little less than the anterior soft rays. Middle caudal rays 25 to 2(3 
in the upper lobe. Anal originating below the fourth or fifth dorsal 
ray and 11 to 1*33 in the length of the soft dorsal; third spine 
longest, about 2*5 in the .interior rays, which are 1*2 to 1*4 in those 
of the soft dorsal. Pectoral pointed, a little longer than the head, 
and extending to or not quite to the vertical from the vent ; upper 
free ray longest, as long as or a little longer than the undivided fin. 
Ventral reaching beyond the vent, its length T66 to 1*8 in that of 
the pectoral. 
Q-ill-rakers longer than the gill-fringes, 18 or 19 on the lower 
branch of the anterior arch, the longest 1*25 in the eye-diameter. 
Yellow or pale yellowish brown, the back tinged with darker 
brown or plumbeous, all the scales, but especially those of the 
occiput, nape, and anterior portion of the back, powdered with dusky 
dots ; lower surface of snout with similar but larger dots crowded 
together to form a blackish patch. Fins yellowish brown, the 
spinous dorsal, pectorals, tips of soft dorsal, anal, and ventrals, 
edges and lobes of caudal profusely dotted with dull blue or black. 
Described from four specimens, measuring from 189 to 230 
millim., caught in the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay. I have 
also examined Mr. De Vis' type, a wretched specimen, in the 
Queensland Museum. This species agrees closely with Polynemus 
multiradiatus Griinther,* so far as one may judge from the few 
characters given by that author ; if, however, the locality given be 
correct, our species is probably valid. I do not know what Klun- 
zinger's fish of the same name from South Australia may be. 
* Brit. Mus. Catal. Fish, ii, 1860, p. 324 : China. 
