. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 30 NEW SHARKS AND FISHES FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA. posterior canine. Lips normal. Tongue very small, rounded, plicate. Pre- operculum entire. Gill-rakers short, tufted; 7 plus 9 on first branchial arch. General habit of body and fins as usual in the genus and as illustrated here. No raised scaly bases to fins. Lateral line continuous, its tubes arborescent. Thoracic and precaudal scales normal. Ventral fins not reaching anal. Caudal margin convex. General colour of the living fish pale apple-green. A broad pale rusty bronze bar along each si
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 30 NEW SHARKS AND FISHES FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA. posterior canine. Lips normal. Tongue very small, rounded, plicate. Pre- operculum entire. Gill-rakers short, tufted; 7 plus 9 on first branchial arch. General habit of body and fins as usual in the genus and as illustrated here. No raised scaly bases to fins. Lateral line continuous, its tubes arborescent. Thoracic and precaudal scales normal. Ventral fins not reaching anal. Caudal margin convex. General colour of the living fish pale apple-green. A broad pale rusty bronze bar along each side of posterior part of body. Iris peacock-blue with slight bronze spot at top and on each side (viz., at 12, 3 and 9 o'clock). A pale peach tinge below face. Several pale bluish bars in various directions near premaxillae, vanishing after death. Most of lips and teeth pale blue. A coppery bar along lower edge of lower lip. Inside of mouth white. Dorsal fins greyish, with a bright blue border and inframarginal band of coppery brown. Anal green proximally to greyish distally and crossed by recticu- lations of dull coppery. Caudal similar, but with greyish-blue margin and bright blue upper and lower tips. Pectorals green, peacock-blue towards tip and with coppery base. Ventrals mostly pale green, but the spine is blue, first ray coppery, and third bluish-green. Described and figured from the holotype of the species, a specimen 273 mm. in standard length or nearly 13 inches overall. Locality.—Off east coast of Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia; hand- line, 25th August, 1944; coll. G. P. Whitley. Smaller examples show some colour-variation. The rusty bronze bar along the posterior part of body may be broken up into several bands of the same colour. A light grey area may appear across the shoulders after death, but there are no light oval patches, black areas, or saddle-shaped blotches as in some other species of the 14. Tuskfish, Choerodon paynei, Whitley. Island.
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