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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
A Qld. Mus. specimen (No. I. 5339) has D. x/9 ; A. iii/7 ; L. lat. 48 + some 
smaller scales, and L. tr. 5/1/18. 
Depth of body (86) 2*6, head (70) 3*2 in standard length (225). 
Eye (21) equal to interorbital (21), less than snout (22*5). Preorbital (14) 1*5 
in eye. Upper caudal lobe, 110 mm. ; lower, 85. 
One large and several small preorbital spines vdth an antrorse one superiorly. 
Limb and angle of preoperculum strongly denticidated, the margin excavate over 
angle-spines. Pectoral shorter than head, without produced rays. Third anal spine 
longest. Caudal roundly emarginate, the lobes attenuate. 
Pale greyish in formalin, very indistinct oblique bars on flanks just below 
lateral line. Back smoky grey with lighter bars along centre of scale-rows. Two 
conspicuous dark brown bars join the eyes and a similar oblique l)ar crosses preorbital. 
A smoky bar on pectoral base. Caudal margin lighter than rest of fin. 
Type-locality. — Rib Reef, Townsville, Queensland. 
Presented by Mr. George Coates. 
Scolopsis plebaeins De Vis, 1884, differs in having heiglit 3^ and head 4| in 
standard length, and in other proportions, also in coloration and minor details. 
8. speculans De Vis, 1882, has shallower preorbital and first pectoral ray 
produced, and also differs in coloration. 
Family POMADASIDAE. 
Genus PLECTORmWCHUS Lacepede, 1802. 
PLECTORHINCHUS ROUGHLEYI Whitley. 
FlectorhincEus roughleyi Whitley, Austr. Zool. vi, 2, Jan. 14, 1930, p. 118. New South 
Wales. 
One large specimen (Qld. Mus. No. I. 5403) from Kelso Reef, Townsville (Mr. 
G. Coates), compared with the holotype of the species in the Australian Museum. 
Family LETHRINIDAE. 
Genus LETHRINELLA Fowler, 1904. 
LETHRINELLA MINIATA (Bloch and Schneider). 
• Sparus 7 niniatus Bloch and Sclineidor, Syst. Ichth. 1801, p. 281, Ex. Forster MS. Pacific 
Ocean = Namook Island and New Caledonia. 
Lethrinu^ rostratus McCulloch, Austr. Mus. Mem, v, 1929, p. 227. 
Lethrimis mmiatus Fowler, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 100, xii, 1933, p. 8, fig. 1 (references and 
synonyms). 
The long snout, broad lips, and conic teeth alone distinguish this genus and 
species from other Lethrinidae. 
One specimen (Qld. Mus. No. I. 5561), 640 mm. in standard length, and 
weighing 8 lbs., from Lodestone Reef, Townsville, Queensland. 
Presented by Mr. George Coates. 
