SOME NEW OR JATTLE-KEOWN AVSTR ALIAS FISHES.— OGILBY. 
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Dorsal and anal fins snhfalrifonn, the former -with 10 rays, the 2nd 
longest, 1-75 in the length of the liead. and 2*55 times the length of its base. 
Anal Avith 9 rays, originating more than an eye-diameter behind and not much 
smaller than tlie dorsal, its length 2-66 in its height, Avhieh is 2*15 in the length 
of the head. Caudal rounded, its length 2-7 in that of the body and as long 
as the space between the nostril and the peetorahaxil. Pectoral rounded, with 
17 rays, the upper longest, 2d 2 in the length of the head. 
Gill-opening Avide, extending well al)ove the pectoral, the base of which 
is 1*45 in its Avidth; inner tiap jAartially exposed. Yent behind the vertical from 
the last dorsal ray. 
Imperial purple above, ydloAvish Avhite below. Upper surface of head 
and body Avith numerous very narroAA' parallel longitudinal Auolet lines as AA'ide 
as the interspaces ; on the sides of the head the bars are much Avider and sub- 
A^ertical, Avith a graduated inclination backwards, and may be broken up into 
spots or anastomosant : aboA'e the gill-o])enings and pectoral fins the obliquity 
becomes much more marked, but decreases again on the upper half of the flank 
and tail; the postpectoral area is white Avith a series of large lavender spots, 
folloAved by a similar series of darker spots, ix^yond Avhich the sides are covered 
AAntli a netAvork of laA’eiider bands enclosing round or oA'al purple spots of 
irregular size. Fins pale olive-green, edged and tipped AAuth darker. 
Etymology : — Latin: mvltns, many; sfriaiuSy literally ‘‘furroAved,” but 
here used in the sense of striped.’^ 
Beg. No. in the Queensland i\luseum— T. 13/1462. 
flow acquirer] :—PreHeuie(\ to the Queensland ^Museum by Mr. F. H. 
Taylor. 
Range : — Originally described by Eichardson from a specimen vaguely 
recorded as from “Southern Polynesia,” this toadfish does not again appear to 
have fallen into expert hands, until the example here described Avas forAvarded 
during last September to the State ^Museum. 
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