Depth 9 3/4; head 3 1/8. Snout 3 in head 
from snout tip; eye 3 7/8, 1 1/5 in snout; maxillary 
reaches about 2/3 ?' to eye, length 3 2/5 in head from 
snout tip; interorbital very low. 
Scales moderately large (not given). 
Dorsal (rays not given) fin height 4-| in 
total head length; anal like dorsal, opposite, fin 
height 4 1/5; caudal 2, moderately forked, broad lobes 
pointed, upper 1 1/8 in lower; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 1 1/5 times eye; pectoral 2 3/4 in total head 
length; ventral 4 7/8, origin midway between front of 
eye and caudal base. 
Back pale green. Upper surface of head darker 
with golden reflections. Three narrow black vertebral 
streaks, not extending so far back as dorsal. Two 
similar but irregular and broader streaks between these 
and broad silvery lateral band, which bordered above 
by narrow orange streak. Faint black spot at pectoral 
base. Length 330 mm. (Stead.) 
New South Wales, in coastal lakes, harbors 
and estuaries, sometimes also to fresh water. 
