52 ANNALS OF TEE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
similar in number, and bearing the same proportion of functional to 
rudimentary, are decidedly longer. 
Boulenger* includes this species, with a query, in the synonymy 
of JEpinephelus tauvina, but it differs from that species notably in 
the greatly increased number of scales above the lateral line, the 
biserial mandibular teeth, the rounded and strongly armed pre- 
opercular angle, the rounded spinous dorsal in which the fourth to 
sixth spines are appreciably longer than those behind them, etc. 
Length of body 350 millim. 
Coasts and rivers of Southern Queensland. 
The Estuary Cod has so far been recorded only from the short 
stretch of coast lying between Moreton Bay and the Mary Kiver; 
but, as it is common in all suitable localities within these limits, it 
doubtless ranges considerably further to the south and north. The 
specific name given by Macleay to this species is eminently suitable, 
as it is essentially a river fish, being much less frequently caught in 
pure salt water than in the mixed water of our estuaries ; nor does 
it confine itself to these alone but pushes upwards far beyond the 
tideway. Residents on the Upper Logan tell me that it is not un- 
common in the deeper reaches of that river, and I have been also 
informed by several reliable correspondents that it is well known to 
anglers in the ]\ T oosa lakes (which are sweet water), is permanently 
established, and breeds there ; one of Brisbane's most successful 
amateur anglers has also mentioned having taken it in the Lockyer 
Kiver at Gratton. Negative evidence as to its preference for more 
or less fresh water may be adduced from the fact that during the 
''Endeavour's" six weeks' fishing in Queensland waters not a single 
example was obtained either by net or line. It is an excellent table 
fish, and is always looked upon as a valuable prize by anglers. 
Described from three specimens, measuring over all from 312 
to 357 millim., taken in Moreton Bay and the Brisbane River (2). 
LABRIDiE. 
CHCERODON WEEERI sp. nov. 
D. xiii 7 ; A. iii 10; P. 15 : Sc. 3/27/10. Depth of body 2 6, 
of caudal peduncle 6*2, length of head 3, of caudal fin 4*55, of 
*Brit. Mus. Catal. Fish., ed. 2, i, 1895, p. 244. 
