172 CONTRIBUTIONS TO AUSTRALIAN ICHTHYOLOGY, 



Type in my possession. 



Distribution : — Pelsart Island, Houtman Abrolhos Group. 



At the first glance this fish bears such a superficial resemblance 

 to the Epiiiephelus type that one would naturally put it down as 

 such, but a closer examination at once reveals its proximity to 

 the Gilhertia-Coljiognathas type. 



In many of its characters this fish bears an extraordinarily 

 close resemblance to the Serranus armatus of Castelnau* described 

 originally from the Swan River, West Australia,! even the 

 coloration being practically the same, but it differs in having 

 but one anterior canine to each ramus of the jaws, two on each 

 side of the lower jaw, palatine teeth few in a narrow band, strong 

 antrorse teeth on the lower limb of the preopercle, three spines 

 on the opercle, second anal spine much the strongest, and fifteen- 

 rayed pectoral. 



The unique example collected by Mr. Lea measures 122 

 millimeters. 



CALLANTHIIN^. 



During the month of November, 1897, 1 obtained in the Sydney 

 Market a specimen of Callanthias, which I at once recognised as 

 being distinct from the Tasmanian C aUporti^ but being at the 

 time engaged in the study of our silurids, I neglected to describe 

 the species. Subsequently the "Thetis" expedition obtained six 

 examples "off North Head, 36 miles north of Port Jackson, 

 in 32 to 45 J fathoms " as recorded by Mr. Waite, under the name 

 of Callanthias allporti in the Government " Report upon trawling 

 operations off the coast of New South Wales . . . carried on 

 by H.M.C.S. 'Thetis,' 1898." On talking over the matter with 



* Res. Fish. Austr. p. 7, 1875. 



t By a printer's error this species is said to come from the "Suran 

 River" in the second edition of the British Museum Catalogue of Fishes, 

 i. p 309. On the preceding page of the same magnificent woris another 

 error has crept in, the pagination of Gilbertia annulata in Giinther's Cata- 

 logue being given as 415 instead of 158. 



X 48 doubtless by a printer's error; see page 9, fifteenth haul. 



