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caudal fins. The latter is moderately forked. The procumbent spine 

 in front of the dorsal fin is not visible. 



This species was seen in dense shoals close to the southern shore 

 of Hall Sound. Specimens were obtained by firing a charge of 

 small shot into the thick of them. The wounded immediately came 

 to the surface, and a few of the least injured were selected as 

 specimens. 



14. — Apogon fasciatus {White). 

 Mullus fasciatus, White, N. S. Wales, p. 268, f. 1. 

 Apogon novem fasciatus, Cuv. and Yal. 2, p. 154, Bleek, Timor, 

 1 p. 163 ; Peters, Wiegm. Arch., 1855, p. 234. 



,, fasciatus, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Freyc, 2 vol., p. 344. 

 „ Balinensis, Bleek. Perc, p. 28, &c. 



„ Arubiensis, Hombr. and Jacquin, Voy. au Pole Sud., 

 Poiss., p. 31, pi. 1, f. 1. 



Apogon eudelca-tcenia, Bleek, Banka, p. 449. 

 The specimens in the collection of this widely distributed species 

 are from Cape Grenville and Daraley Island. They differ con- 

 siderably, and it is not improbable that the Darnley Island fish 

 may prove to be distinct. 



15. — Apogon guttulatus. 



Plate V. Fig. 1. 



D. 7£, A. f. 



Height three and a half times in the total length. The third 



dorsal spine is the longest. t Body silvery and speckled all over 



with minute black dots, with three longitudinal dark bands on 



each side — one from the top of the head to the termination of the 



soft dorsal fin ; another, the largest, from the muzzle through the 



eye to the tail, the third from the suboperculum to the tail, 



marking the limits of a very silvery belly. The fins are whitish 



and very minutely speckled. 



This fish was very numerous at Darnley Island, in holes in the 

 rocks at low water. The average length is scarcely over an inch. 



