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64. — Chorinemus lysan. 



? Dampier, Voy. N. Holl., pi. 3, fig. 5, p. 162. 



Scomber lysan, Fovsk., No. 67, pi. 54. 

 ,, Fosteri, Bl. Schn., p. 26. 



Scomberoides commersonianus, Lacep., 2, pi. 20, fig. 3. Russell, 

 2, p. 31, pi. 141. 



Scomber Madagaceriensis, Shaw Zool. 4, p. 590, pi. 85. Bennett's 

 Life of Raffles, p. 689. 



Lichia lysan, RUpp. Atl. Fische., p. 91. 



Chorinemus commersoniomus, Cuv. and Yal. p. 370. Bleek 

 Verh. Bat. Gen. 24, Makr., p. 44. 



Chorinemus lysan, Cuv. and Yal. 1, p.387. Riipp., N. W. 

 Fisck, p. 44. Cant., Catalog., p. 118. 



? Chorinemus farkharii, Cuv. and Yal., 8, p. 388. 



Chorinemus aculeatus, Cuv. and Val. 8, p. 384 (not Block.) 



„ Fosteri, Richards Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1843, 



11, p. 24. 



This fish was taken on several occasions in the net at Cape 

 York. 



65. — Chorinemus toloo. 



Tohoparah, Russell 2, p. 29, pi. 137. 



Lichia-toloo-parah, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 91. 



Chorinemus toloo, Cuv. and Yal. 8, p. 377. 1 Bleek. Verh. 

 Bat. Gen., 24, Makr. p. 45. 



The description given by Gunther of this species does not 

 accord very well with the specimens before us ; but Count Cas- 

 telnau mentions in a paper published by him, entitled " Re- 

 searches on the Fishes of Australia," that he had received from 

 South Australia a fish which is evidently identical with the fish 

 before us, and he seems inclined to think that it is C. toloo. It 

 seems curious that it should not have been previously noticed 

 from Northern Australia, for it is very abundant about Cape 

 York. There are in the collection from the same locality some 

 small fishes (three inches long) which present a marked difference 

 of appearance, but we are inclined to believe that they may be only 



