ICHTHYOLOGIC A L MISCELLANEA . 
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Family GERRIDJ3. 
Gerres splendens De Vis. 
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Gerres splendens Do Vie, Proc. Linn. Soe. N. S. Wales ix, 2, Aug. 19, 1884, p. 400. Cardwell, 
Queensland. Holotype in Queensland Museum. Id. Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef, 
1893, p. 369 (listed only). 
Gerres ? splendens McCulloch & Whitley, Mem. Qld. Mus. viii, 1925, p. 156 (listed only). 
Re-description of the Holotype of Gerres splendens De Vis. 
D. ix/10 ; A. iii/7 ; V. i/5 ; P. 16 ; C. 15 or 16. L. lat. circa 43. 
L. tr. 4/11/0. 
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Gerres splendens De Vis. Holotype from Cardwell, Queensland. Qld. Mus. Reg. No. I. 94. 
G. P. Whitley, del. 
Head (48 mm.) 3T, depth (57) 2-6 in length to hypural (151). Eye (16) 
3'0, snout (13) 3-7, interorbital (15) 3-2 in head. Pectoral 46 mm., second 
dorsal spine 30, ventral spine 22, second anal spine 15, and depth of caudal 
peduncle 17. 
Profile rather gibbous over nape. Maxillary reaching to below anterior 
third of eye. Bands of fine teeth in jaws. All opercles entire. Three rows of 
scales on cheeks ; area behind maxillary groove scaled. Seven gill-rakers on 
lower limb of first gill-arch. 
Body covered with large cycloid scales in about 37 transverse series 
between head and hypural joint and in 4 longitudinal series above lateral line, 
some of the tubes of which are tilted upward posteriorly. 
