OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 20.°) 



One specimen of this fish was caught somewhere in Torres 

 Straits or the coast of New Guinea, the exact locality is not known. 

 It is two feet long, and nearly six inches deep. Its affinity to 

 Lates is very marked ; in fact, but for the rough tongue and large 

 scales, we would have taken it for Lutes nobilis of Cuv. and 

 Val. 2, p. 96, pi. 13. 



2. — Serranus Gilberti. 



Rich. Ann. Nat. Hist., 1842, p. 19. 

 Serranus megachir, Rich. Ich. Chin. p. 230. 

 „ partialis, Blecker, Perc, p. 37. 



It is by no means easy to identify the species of this genus. 

 They are numerous, they much resemble one another, and they 

 have never, as we think, been very accurately described. The 

 present species, more remarkable for the size of its pectoral fins 

 than anything else, seems to have been found pretty generally from 

 the latitude of Trinity Bay to Cape Yoidc. 



3. — Serranus hexagonatus. 



Serranus hexagonatus, Cuv. and Val. 2, p. 330, and 6, p. 516 ; 

 Guer. Icon. Poiss., pi. 4, f. 1 ■ Rich. Voy. Sulph., p 82, pi. 38, 

 f. 1, &c, &c. 



This species has a multiplicity of synonyms which we have cur- 

 tailed very much as being unnecessary for refei'ence. Gunther in 

 his Catalogue makes out the species foveatus (Cuv. and Val.), Merra 

 (Cuv. and Val.\ and stellans (Rich.), to be synonymous with 

 this, but doubts have been expressed as to the correctness of 

 merging all these names in one. 



We find that the references to Cuvier and Valenciennes Fishes, 

 given by Gunther in his Catalogue, are quite different as to pages 

 from the edition in our possession. We have, however, adhered to 

 the references given by Gunther, as not improbably he may have 

 taken them from an edition more generally in use than ours. 



One specimen was taken at the Palm Islands. 



