OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 353 



Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoidea, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur., p. 104, 

 pi. 46, fig. 2. 



Found on the reefs at Darnley Island. 



135. MlJR.ENA FIMBRIATA. 



MurcBim ', fimbriate/,, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 1, 1831, p. 168. 

 Murcena bullata, Richards. Voy. Ereb. and Terr. Fish., p. 86 ; 

 Kaup. Apod., p. 81, fig. 60. 



,, isingleena, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 9, p. 277 



(not Richardson). 



,, isingleenoides, Bleek. Verb.. Bat. Gen. 25, Mur. p. 48. 

 Gymnothorax isingleenoides, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 91, pi. 35, 

 fig. 1, pi. 36, fig. 1. (Colouration of anal fin incorrect). 

 On reefs in Torres Straits. 



136. — MUR.ENA MELANOSPILA. 



Murcena melanospilos, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 9, p. 279. 

 Gymnothorax melanospilos, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur., p. 90, pi. 42, 

 fig. 1. 



Found at Darnley Island. 



ORDER V. 



lophobranchii. 



Family Sygnathid.e. 



137. ichthyocampus maculatus. 



Plate XVII., fig. 2. 

 D. 25. Osseus rings 20 x 57. 

 Very elongate. Operculum without ridge. Snout more than 

 half the length of the head. A prominence on the occiput. Body 

 rather deeper than broad, with the ridges well defined. Tail twice 

 as long as the trunk, or nearly so. Dorsal fin standing on six 

 rings, three of which belong to tho body. Caudal fin very minute. 

 Colouration in spirits brownish, with a yellow spot on each ring of 

 the body below the lateral line. 



One specimen was got at Darnley Island. Its length is eleven 

 inches, and its depth at the deepest part scarcely over two lines. 



