292 
Depth 8 1/5, body robust; head 2 2/3. 
Premaxillary plate wider than long; eye 1^ in postocular, 
equals or little less than interorbital; lower jaw before 
r 
tip of upper jaw 1/7 longer than rest of head or 4 9/10 
in body. 
Scales 50 in lateral series; 6 above. Dorsal 
and anal scaleless. 
D. 13, begins far before anal, 1 3/5 times 
anal length, last'ray extended but not reaching caudal 
base; A. 12 or 13; caudal forked, median rays 5/6 of 
A. 
eye and 4 4/5 in lower lobe, vrhich 5 2/5 in body, pectoral 
rays 12, long as head behind mouth angle; ventral origin 
midway between caudal base and middle third of pectoral, 
length 1 7/8 in head from snout tip, inner ray extended 
» 
but not reaching vent. 
Back dark green. Sides with conspicuous silvery 
band, widest below dorsal, tapers toward either extremity, 
4 
bordered above by blue line. Lov/er parts pearly white. 
Front dorsal rays, outer and middle caudal rays, upper 
pectoral rays and middle ventral rays dusk3?’, Length 400 mm. 
(Ogilby.) 
<iueensland. 
