MEMOIRS OF THE QUEEN SLANV MUSEUM. 
Dorsal fin with viii, i 20 or 21 rays; spimnis dorsal small, oj’iginating 
above the peetoral-hase ; jiroeiimbent spine exposed; spines feeble, third longest, 
2-5 to 2-6 in the length of the head, the two last free: soft dorsal originating 
one eleventh nearer to the root of the caudal than to the tip of the snout, the 
first ray filiform, extending wlum depressed to the base of the 11th to 18th ray-^ 
and :h4 to 2-7 in tfie body-length; 2nd ray one eighth shorter than the head, 
those behind it gradually decreasing to the 6th; last ray not produced. Caudal 
fin deeply and widely forked, the lobes su!)e([ual, 3-25 to 3-55 in the length of 
tile body. Anal fin with ii, i 16 j'ays, originating below the 7th dorsal ray; free 
si)ines short, the 2nd the longer, 2-6 to 2-7 in the eye-diameter and 8*15 to 8-5 
in the 1st ray, which is slightly ])roduced, 1-05 to 1-2 in the length of the head, 
and reaching wlum d(*press(Ml to the 14th ray 2'' Ihvtoral tin with 2(1 rays, the 
4th longest, extending to ai)ove the 6th or 7th anal ray, its length. 2-7 to 2-9 
in that of tlie body and as long as to one fifth longer than the head. VeuD-al 
fill rather small. 2-55 in tlie hmgth of the pectoral and 6-25 to 6-55 in that of the 
body, the two outer rays e({ual and longest, reaidiing midway to the 6th anal i*ay. 
(rill-rak(*rs long and slendm*, 15 or Ifi on the lowei* l)i*anch of the antei'ior 
arch, the longest about oiu' fifth more tlian the gill-fringes and 6-2 to 64 in 
the length of tlu' head. Vent midway between the origin of the ventral and 
the 2nd free anal spine. 
Silvery, tin* hack and upper sides washed with bronze. A large diffused 
hhu'kish spot on the oper(‘le, ]>artly overlaid by a pearly blotch: similar pearly 
blotches on tin* cheeks, hi*anchiostegals. and breast. Xo spot in the piudoiad-axil ; 
fins colorless, exce])t tlie outer half of the [lectorah which is dusky violet. 
(ypucTos'- gold; 6(f)pv^ evt‘-hrow) 
Desci’ibed fiom two fine examples, measuring respectively 154 and 165 
miliiin., collected by tlu^ writtu* at Bowen. 51. Q- The larger s])e(‘imen is iji the 
('olleidion of the Amatmir Fishermen's Assoiuation of Queenslaml, the smaller 
in tlie State 5Iuseum. 
First des('ril)ed from specimens collected in the Seychelles liy Dussumier. 
we next find it ris-orded from Batavia l)y Bleeker, \vho, wliile recognizing its 
close affinity to Valmiciennes' tish, at first considered it worthy of speiufic dis- 
tinction, l)ut subse(|uently united the two forms under the (-ommon name 
('ifuJa clirijsopin'ijs. (liinther was unable to a<ld to our knowledge of the species, 
uoi* dees Kuei-, wliose siieiumens eame from Java, whence Bleckei* had already 
reeord(*d it. The latter, however, tinally extended its range in a northerly 
diriH'tiou to the (kmsl of China and in a southerly to that of ifadagascar. X'otli- 
iiig further ajiiiears to have been heard of it from 1875 until it was obtained 
ill ValeiK'ieTiiics ’ figure. 
]2tli ill same. 
ValeiK'ieiiiies stntes tiiat the siiperi’iliarv region and the angle of the mouth are 
‘‘golden yollovr, ” hence the specific name. This is not noticeable in our examples, nor is it 
mentioned by Bleeker (1). It may, therefore, be a peculiarity of the western form. 
