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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
the length of the head; caudal pednnele deep(*r than long, its least depth 
5-6 in the length of the body. Anterior profile of head from the lip to above 
the middle of the eye linear and strongly acclivous, the upper profile gently 
rounded; ividth of liead 1*65 in its length, which is 1*2 in its depth and 2*7 
in tlie body-length. Snout 1-6 in the very large eye, which is 2-3 in the 
length of the head; interorbital region strongly convex, its width 3-8 in the 
length of the head. Maxillary extending to below the middle of the eye, its 
length 1-6 in that of the head, its distal extremity obtusely angular and greatly 
dilated, its width one third of its length and 2d in the eye-diameter. Angle 
of x^i’^opercle broadly rounded, armed with a few very feeble serruke. 
Seale formula 16/48/25. Head-scales much smaller than those of the 
body, decreasing in size anteriorly; only the extreme tip of the snout, the lips, 
and the chin naked. 
Dorsal fin with viii ]4 rays, originating above the x^eetoral-base, the soft 
X^ortion three fifths longer than the sx)inous ; spines strong and x^^gent, the 
first very short, evenly graduated to the last, winch is half the length of the 
head; 1st ray terminating in a sinp^le filament, rather more than twice as long 
as the last spine; 2nd ray about one third longer than the 1st; 3rd ray very 
long, reaching far l)eyond the tip of the caudal and rather more than the 
body-length ; 4th ray aiamt half as long as the 3rd, those behind growing 
gradually shorter, the last being about 2-33 hi the 1st. IMiddle candal rays 1*8 
in the outer divided rays and one third of the total length. Anal fin with iii 12 
rays originating below the 4th dorsal ray and extending backwards well behind 
that fin, its length slightly more than that of the soft dorsal ; spines strong and 
graduated, the last about as long as the 7th dorsal spine and 2-5 in the length of 
the head; rays graduated as in the soft dorsal, but much shorter, the 3rd 1-8 in 
the body-length. Pectoral with 16 rays, the upper two simple, its length 1-33 in 
that of the head; 4th and 5tli rays longest, extending to below the anterior 
dorsal rays. Ventral spine rather weak, two thirds of the second and longest 
ray, which is 1-6 in the head and extends to the vent. 
Gill-rakers 10-/18, the longest 1*5 time the length of the gill-fringes and 
4-9 in that of the head. 
Uniform reddish ])rown, the middle of the scales lighter; many of the 
scales on the ux)x^cr surface of the head lavender; cheeks and ox)er(4es lighter 
brown, with a yellowish tinge ; a broad dark brown band from below the eye to 
the edge of the lower x^reox^ercular limb ; a second narrower band from the 
parietal region to midway along the hinder limb of the preox^ercle; a third 
from the pectoral-base to the nax:>e, along the side of which it is curved abruxdly 
forward to meet its fellow narrowly on the nuchal arch. Fins lighter than the 
body, excexA the dorsal, caudal, and anal filaments, which are blackish. 
