SOME FISHES OF THE FAMILY LEIOGF ATHTDJE. 
109’ 
The F J.V. '' Endeavour ” trawled thirty-live .specimens of this small-headed 
deep-bodied, Orange-tip Pony Fish,” off Bowen, Queensland. These were identified 
as Le.iognathus bindus by Ogilby, but differ from Russeirs figure in their proportions, 
and in having longer fin-spines. They agree fairly well with Fowler’s description 
of Leiognaihus virgatus, but have the supraorbital rugose and no dark bar on spinous 
dorsal. Possibly this .species should be made the type of a new subgenus, intermediate 
in some respects between Eubleekeria and Eqmdile^, but distinct from both in others. 
D. viii./16 ; A. iii./14 ; P. ii./]4. Head 3*4-:H> and depth 1-5-1-8 in standard 
length ; a single row of fine teeth in each jaw ; supraorbital with a band of rugosities ; 
lower ])reopercular margin with small serrations ; lateral line ceasing Ijelow soft 
dorsal fin ; curved branches ascend the shoulder-region and cross the upper part of 
the cheek ; breast scaly ; thorax very deep ; ventral profile more convex than that 
of dorsal ; dorsal and anal spines not nearly as long as head, the fins with dense 
scaly sheaths ; ventrals subequal in length to eye. 
After long prcvservation in formalin, the colour has faded to brown, with spaced 
punctulations on lower part of body and head and inside the mouth. A large dark 
})lotcli on operculum and a smaller one on each side of the snout anteriorly ; an 
interrupted fuscous band along each side of tlie dorsal base ; upper part of body 
with vermiculate greyish markings ; a brown blotch on spinous dorsnl ; inner surface 
of pectoral base and of gill-opening Avith dark spots. 
Locedihf . — Seven miles X.N.E, of EoAven, Queensland ; 16 fathoms, August, 
1910. Trawled by the F.l.V. Endeavour.” Austr. Mus. Beg. Nos. E. 2528-2520,. 
2717-2718 ; lA. 4905 4907, and 4923. 
New record for Australia. 
Genus EUBLEEKERIA Fowler, 1904. 
Eubleekeria Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. (2) xii., 4, June 10, 1904, p. 516. Orthotype,. 
Equula splendens Cuvier. 
This genus, characterised by having the breast scaly and the lateral line 
com])lete, is closely allied to Leiognathus, sensu siriefo . The species fall into two groups, 
which may be differentiated into those having the depth less than, or about, 2 in length 
with no dark mark on na])e (subgenus Eubleekeria) and those with depth more than 2 
in length and having a dark nuchal mark. For the latter, I propose the new subgeneric 
name NUCHEQUULA, with Equula blo('liii Cuv. & Val. as orthotype. 
EUBLEEKERIA OVALIS (Dc Vis). 
Equula ovalis Be Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales ix., 3, Nov. 29, 1884, p. 543. Cape York,. 
Queensland. Types (No. I. 1703) in Queensland Museum, id. Saville-Kent, Prelim. Kept. 
Footl'Kish. Qld., 1889, p. 10, and Gt. Barrier Reef, 1893, p. 369 (listed only). 
EquulO' fiwiplex Be Vis, Proe. Liim. Soc. N. S. Wales ix., 3, Nov. 29, 1884, p. 544. Cape York,. 
QuoeriKland. Types (No. I. 1702) in Queensland Museum. Id. Saville-Kent, Prelim. Kept. 
Food-Fish. Qld., 1889, p. 10, and Gt. Barrier Reef, 1893, p. 369 (listed only), 
Leiognuthus omlis McCulIocdi & Whitley, Mem. Qld. ^lus. vih., 1925, p. 145. Id. McCulloch, Austr. 
Mus. Mom. v„ 1929, p. 213. 
