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the body ; the dorsals, caudal, and pectorals yellow ; anal and 
ventrals white ; eye silvery. 
Common in Hobson’s Bay and the lower Tarra. Length from 
2 to 3 1 inches. 
ATHEBINICHTHTS PICTA. 
Height of body six and a-half times in the total length, or five 
and a-half times to the base of the caudal ; head four times in 
the total length ; eye three and one-fifth times in length of head. 
Body elongate ; scales large — about forty -four on the longitudinal 
series ; snout considerably shoi’ter than the diameter of the eyes. 
1st Dorsal 8 ; 2nd 10. A. 11. C. 17. 
The two dorsals are placed like those of Ilodesta; the anal a 
little in front of the dorsal ; the ventrals under the first dorsal ; 
caudal long, more emarginated than bifurcated, the difference 
in length between the middle rays and the side ones not being 
over one-quarter of their length. 
Of a pretty light green, with the lower parts of the body white 
and silvery. A broad, longitudinal, red band on each side ; 
fins diaphanous ; caudal yellow ; eye silvery ; a few very minute 
black points on the sides of the head. 
Only seen once, at Capt. Sinnot’s Dock, on the lower Yarra ; 
under 2 inches long. 
ATHEEINICHTHTS CEPHALOTES. 
Height of body seven and one-third times in the total length ; 
head three and two-third times in the same, or three and one- 
fourth times to the root of the caudal ; eye three and one-third 
times in the length of the head ; this is very large ; the 
lower jaw considerably in advance of the upper one ; teeth in 
both jaws, those of the lower rather longer than the others ; 
they are all arched and pointed. The mouth is large, but the 
cleft of the mouth does not extend to the orbit ; the maxillaries 
attain one-third of the orbit’s length ; the eye very large. The 
body is covered with very large scales ; these numbering forty- 
two or forty-three on the lateral line, which is distinctly marked. 
The body goes tapering towards the tail ; the first dorsal begins 
almost at the middle of the body, but a little nearer to the snout 
than to the base of the tail ; it is formed of seven feeble spines, 
of which the first is considerably shorter than the others. The 
