Stroffgylura k gefftii (Gunther) 
Belone krefftii GtJNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 6, p. 
250, 1866 (type locality* Australia). — MACLEAY, Proc. Linn. 
Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 178, 1881 (rivers of 
north Queensland). — BEGAN, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 
20, pt. 6, p. 276, 1914 (Mimika River, New Guinea). 
Belone kreffti SA7ILLE KENT, Great Barrier Reef, pp. 299, 1893 
(Fitzroy near Rockhampton). — WEBER, Nova Guinea, vol. 9, 
pt. 4, p. 553, 1913 (Lorentz River). 
Tylosurus krefftii MCCULLOCH, Mem. Austral. Mus., no. 5, pt. 2, 
p. 29, 1919 (reference). 
Tylosurus kreffti WEBER and BEAUFORT, Fishes Indo-Austral. 
Archipel., vol. 4, p. 123, 1922 (Lorentz River). 
?Belone cancila (not BUCHANAN-HAMILTON) MACLEAY, Proc. Linn. 
Soc. New South W a les, vol. 7, p. 592, 1882 (New Guinea). 
Xenentodon cancila WEBER and BEAUFORT, Fishes Indo-Austral. 
Archipel.,vol. 4, p. 134, 1922 (note on MACLEAY’S record). 
Depth not much less than pectoral length, body strongly com¬ 
pressed; free portion of tail strongly compressed, much deeper than 
broad; head 2-2/5. Eye equals interorbital, 3 in postorbital; base of 
premaxi1laries much depressed; maxillaries 2/3 hidden by preorbital; 
teeth rather feeble, wide set and tongue smooth; superciliary region 
slightly striated. 
Scales thin, small. Scaly groove of moderate width runs along 
middle of upper surface of head. 
