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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Labium

Labium.

Body oblong or elongate, covered with cycloid scales. The lateral line extends to the caudal or is interrupted. One dorsal fin, with the spinous portion as well developed as, or more than the soft; the soft anal similar to the soft dorsal. Ventral fins thoracic, with one spine and five soft rays. Palate without teeth; only one lower pharyngeal bone without median suture. Bran- page 80 chiostegals, five or six; gills, three and a half; pseudobranchiæ and air-bladder present. Pyloric appendages, none; stomach without cæcal sac. Marine fishes inhabiting the seas of the temporal and tropical regions.

Xiphochilus fasciatus. Cape York.

Chœrops macrodon. North-east coast.

——cyanodon. North coast and Harvey River (Fresh-water).

Labrichthy's celidota. Australian coast.

——bothryocosmus. Australian coast.

——psittacula. Tasmanian coast.

——inscripta. Norfolk Island.

——laticlavius. Tasmanian coast and South-west coast.

——luculenta, Port Jackson.

——tetrica. South and West coast.

——parila. Coasts of Australia.

——punctulata. Swan River.

Cheilinus radiatus. North-east coast.

Hemigymnus melanopterus. North-east coast.

Stethojulis strigiventer. North coast.

Platiglossus miniatus. North-east coast.

Julis aneitensis. North-east coast.

Coris auricularis. South and West coast.

——lineolata. West coast.

Odax balteatus. Tasmanian coast and Port Jackson "Kelp-fish."

——frenatus. Tasmanian coast and Port Jackson "Kelp-fish."

——Richardsonii. Tasmanian coast and Port Jackson "Kelp-fish."

——radiatus. West coast.

——vittatus. New Zealand.

Olistherops cyanomelas. King George's Sound.

Siphonoguathus argyrophanes.