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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
stripes both above and below the lateral line, in postlarvae a trifle larger. These 
extend ventrally to the level of the mid-line and are part of the adult pigmen- 
tation. The intensely black margin of the spinous dorsal fin and of its membrane 
in the region of the first few spines serves further to distinguish young Bream 
from those of Tarwhine, which have a much lighter pigmentation on the dorsal 
fin membrane. 
Del. I.S.R.Munro 
Text-fig. 1. — Post-larvae of Australian Bream, Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther). 
A. — From a specimen 10.5 mm. long. 
B. — From a specimen 12.5 mm. long. 
C. — From a specimen 16.1 mm. long. 
