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ME2lO]jRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
3-75 in the lengtli of tlie head and 1*33 in that of the snout; interorbital region 
convex, its widtli 1-15 in the eye-diameter. Lower jaw projecting; maxillary 
strongly dilated, not quite extending to the veidieal from the anterior border of 
the eye, its length 2*85 to 3 in that of the liead, the width of its concave distal 
extremity one fourth to two fifths more than its distance from the eye and 
2*33 to 2.4 in tlie eye-diameter. Angle of preoperele feebly erenulate. 
Teeth in the jaws minute, forming a villiform patch anteriorly but 
reduced to a single series laterally; a diamond-shaped patch of larger teeth on 
the head of the vomer, the lateral angles of which are someAvhat pi’oduced, and 
which is followed on the shaft by a single series of decrescent teeth; palatines 
and tongue each with a narrow band of villiform teeth. 
Cheeks, postorbital and parietal regions, and upper part of opercle wholly, 
occiput and interorbital region partly scaly, the two latter with three naked 
bands, a median extending from lietween the nostrils to the nape, and a lateral 
pair each extending from liehind a nostril to the o(‘eiput, where it bifurcates, 
the outer branch bent downwards across the parietal to filially merge in tlie 
lateral line, the inner. whi(4i is again divided, uniting with the median band 
where it enters the o(*ciput and again at its tip; each band and its branches 
carries a pinnated mucous canal. Lateral line forming a long shallow curve to 
below the 11th or 12th dorsal ray, the curved section about one fourth longer 
than the straight, which is armed with 32 or 33 moderately strong keeled scutes, 
the widest about 1*3 in the eye-diameter. 
Dorsal fin with viii, i 31 i rays, originating above the basal fourth of the 
api>ressed pectoral; procumbent spine small, concealed; spinous dorsal high, 
tlu* spines flexible, the 3rd longest, halt* the length of the head. Soft dorsal 
originating a little nearer to the root of the caudal than to the tip of the snout, 
the anterior seven rays graduated and but little prodm-ed, the 1st ray 1-3 to 1*4 
in the longest spine and 8-9 to 9*5 in the body-length; pinnula much longer than 
the last connected ray and split to its base, t/audal fin small and widely forked, 
the lobes obtusely pointed, its length 5*25 in that of the body. Anal with ii, 
i 25 to 27 rays, originatiiig below the 6th or 7th dorsal ray; free si)iaes strong, 
1st the longer, 1*67 to 2*1 in the eye-diameter and 2 to 2*2 in the longest ray, 
which is 2*8 to 3*1 in the length of the head; phinula siinilar to that of the 
■dorsal. Pectoral with 21 to 23 rays, its lengtli 3*8 to 4-1 in that of the body; 
5th ray longest, extending to above or slightly beyond the vent. Ventral 
moderate, L!) lo 2 in the length (»f the pectoral and 2*2 to 2*3 in that of the head; 
2nd ray longest, reaching midway to the base of the 1st free spine. 
Gill-rakers slender and moderately long, 5 + ^1 32 on the anterior 
arcli, the longest 1*35 in the gill-fringes and 6*75 to 7 in the length of the head. 
Vent close to the free anal spines, its distance from the anal 3-1 to 3-5 in that 
from the origin of the ventral. 
