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two as stated. I ret,fard this ol little importance, however, 

 since Macleay also counted the same fins wrongly in his much 

 larger specimens of Isosillago nniculata, as noted above. 



If these two specimens be regarded as the types ot .S. 

 i^nuilis, that species must be sunk as a synonym of S. macu- 

 lafa, Q. & G., as both the specimens and the figure agree well 

 with that species. 



Genus Sillachj, C^ui'icr. 



SiLi.AGO BASSENSis, Cuvii'f lukI ]' ciloicieiDies. 



Bass Uliitiug, School ]]'hiti)ig;. 



Sillago luisseiisis, Cu\ier &• X'alenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 iii., 1829, p. 412; id., Ogilby, Ed. Fish. N.S. Wales, 

 1893, pp. 99, loi, loj ; /(/., W'aite, Rec. Austr. Mus., iv. , 

 1902, p. 190; id., Stead, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.vS. Wales, 

 XXX., 1906, p. 574, and Ed. Fish. N.S. Wales, 1908, 



p. 65, pi. XXXV. 



Sillago niacidata, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. \'ict., i., 1872, 

 p. 94; ;■(/., Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1882 (1883), 

 p. T16; id., Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. \'ict. (n. ser.), ii., 

 1890, p. 26 (after Castelnau); id., Waite, Mem. Austr. 

 Mus., i\'., 1899, p. 109; (uec. S. macidaia, Q. & G.). 



Sillui^o ciliald, Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1882 (1883), 

 pp. 80, 116 {nee S. eiliiita, Cuv. & \'al.). 



Many specimens of this common southern species were 

 preserved. I have counted the fin-rays and scales of forty 

 specimens from New South \\'ales, \'ictoria, Tasmania, South 

 Australia and West Australia and find them to be as follows : 

 — D. x.-xi./ 18-20; A. 20-22; 1. lat. 66-68. 



The "Endeavour" specimens were taken at the following 

 stations : — 



Off the east coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait. 



Off the mouth of the Murray River, South Australia, 20 

 fathoms. 



South-east of Flinders Island, Investigator Group, South 

 Australia, 37 fathoms. 



SiLI.AGO MACL'I.ATA, Ouov iind (iciinuird. 

 Trumpeter Uliifiuo;. 

 Sillago nuiculdta, Quoy & Gaimard, Vox. "Uranie," 1824, 

 p. 261, pi. liii., fig. 2 ; id., Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., 

 ii., i860, p. 245 (part.); id., Steindachner, Sitzb. Ak. 

 Wiss. Wien., liii., p. 444; id., Alleyne & Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, i., 1877. p' 279; id., Castelnau, 



