4g ANNALS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
profile of snout linear and moderately declivous, of head feebly 
concave, of nape gently rounded ; length of snout 1*25 in the 
diameter of the eye, which is 1*33 time the convex interorbital 
width. Upper jaw slightly the longer ; maxillary extending to 
below the posterior border of the pupil, the width of its distal 
extremity 21 in the eye-diameter. Outer edge of preopercle 
denticulated throughout its entire length, Scales adherent ; nape 
scaleless ; a single interdorsal scale. 
First dorsal fin originating slightly in advance of the pectoral, 
well developed, the spines strong, the second 2*25 in the third, 
which is a little longer than the fourth and 1*15 in the second and 
third rays. Caudal rounded. Anal originating below the first 
dorsal ray, its rays as high as those of the dorsal. Pectoral rather 
short, scarcely extending to the vertical from the anal. Ventral 
long, the second ray longest, reaching to the second anal ray, and 
somewhat longer than the pectoral, its spine a little shorter than 
that of the soft dorsal, which is 1*2 in the height of the spinous. 
Gill-rakers 4 x 12, the longest 2*35 in the eye-diameter. 
Pale vinous brown, the sides with seven dark brown longitudinal 
bars ; the first commencing below the origin of the first dorsal, the 
second on the suprascapular region, and the third at the upper 
angle of the opercle; these three run parallel to the dorsal profile 
and terminate at the base of the upper half of the caudal ; the lower 
four bars are straight, the upper (or fourth body-bar) from behind 
the upper third of the eye unites with the third below the last rays 
of the soft dorsal, the fifth from behind the middle of the eye to the 
base of the lower caudal rays, the sixth and seventh respectively 
from behind and below the pectoral to the base of the last anal rays, 
the sixth being curved abruptly downwards posteriorly ; in addition 
to these, there are three broader transverse bands — the first below 
the spinous dorsal, the second below the posterior half of the soft 
dorsal, and the third round the base of the caudal. Occiput and 
under surface of head pale yellowish brown, the nape with a bluish 
gloss ; opercle with a small round brown spot on its upper half and 
a large blackish blotch on its lower. Spinous dorsal brown, with 
the tips of the longer spines darker ; soft dorsal with a large round 
