SOME FISHES OF OBDEB AMPHIPBIONIFOBMES.— WHITLEY. 
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denticulated ; other opercular margins entire. Interorbital convex. Maxillary 
reaching vertical of anterior margin of eye. Conic teeth in each jaw. 
Body robust, the dorsal profile well arched. Caudal peduncle deep. The 
scales are large and regular and extend a little way onto the fins excepting the 
ventrals. Lateral line gently curved, its scales without notched margins. 
Dorsal originating over the opercular flap, well in advance of the vertical 
of the insertion of the ventrals. The anterior spines are shorter than those following 
them and the membranes are produced into free pencils. The soft dorsal forms 
a pointed lobe and terminates a little behind the termination of the anal. Anal 
similar in form to soft dorsal but not so high and with a longer base. Pectorals 
rounded. Ventrals reaching vent. Caudal apparently bilobed. 
Colour, after long preservation in formalin, uniform straw-yellowish. 
Originally described as — vv Colour pale yellowish green. Between the eyes two 
transverse lines curving strongly forward. On the cheek two straight lines from 
the upper part of the preopercle to the angle of the mouth and a line of spots below 
them. Opercle with spots, dashes, and curved streaks. Scales of the body below the 
lateral line each with a vertical line on the base extending to the scales above and 
below it. On the scales above the lateral line posteriorly, small round spots 
extending a little on the base of the soft dorsal. Base of caudal and pectoral similarly 
spotted. A very obscure brown patch on the base of the first four dorsal rays. 
A dark-brown axillary spot and an obscure bluish spot on the origin of the 
lateral line.” 
Described and figured from the holotype of Pomacentrus frenatus De Vis, 
a specimen 101 mm. long from snout to hypural joint. (Qld. Mus. Regd. No’. 
/. 13/1366.) 
Locality. — Cardwell, North Queensland ; collected by Kendall Broadbent. 
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