182 '' ENDEAVOUR " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



Family TRACHICHTHYID.E. 



Genus Gephyroberyx, Boulenger. 



Gephyroberyx darwini, Johnson. 



Trachichthys darwini, Johnson, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1866, p. 

 311. pi. xxxii. ; Id., Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 

 1895, p. 188, pi. Ivi., fig. 207 ; Id., Alcock, Cat. Ind. 

 Deep-sea Fish. Investigator, 1899, p. 35. 

 A fine example of this species, 320 mm. long, was obtained 

 by the " Endeavour " in the Great Austrahan Bight, south 

 of Eucla, 350-450 fathoms ; 14th May, 1913. Neither the 

 genus nor species has been previously recognised from Aus- 

 tralian waters. 



Family THERAPONID.F.. 

 Genus Therapon, Cuvier. 

 Therapon theraps, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 

 Therapon theraps (Cuv. k Val.), Ogilby & McC'uUoch, Mem. 



Qld. Mus., v., 1916. p. 102. 

 Thirty-two specimens, 114-166 mm. long, are all similarly 

 marked and exhibit no important variation. 



Loc. — Four to twentj' miles north-east of Gloucester Head, 

 Queensland, 19-35 fathoms. 



Therapon servus, Bloch. 



Therapon servus (Bloch), Jordan & Thompson, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus., xh., 1912. p. 536, fig. 1 ; Id. Odlby & 

 McCulloch, Mem. Qld. Mus., v., 1916, p. 104. 



The " Endeavour " collection includes nine specimens, 

 Awhile three others were recently obtained by Messrs. C. 

 Hedley and E. A. Briggs, near Cape Bedford, Queensland. 

 These last are of particular interest as showing marked varia- 

 tion in their scale-counts, which feature, combined with other 

 characters, has been considered by Jordan & Thompson to be 

 of value in the differentiation of T. servus and T. jarhua, 

 Forskal. In these three examples the number of scale-series 

 above the lateral hne varies from seventy-six to ninety, 

 but as they were collected within a few miles of each other, 

 and do not differ in any other detail, it seems clear that they 

 must be referred to the one species. 



The colour-marking of all the specimens is quite similar to 

 that illustrated by Jordan & Thompson, chffering from the 

 Arabian T. jarhua A\hich they describe, in having the body 

 bands less convex. 



Loc. — iSeven miles north-east of Bowen, Queensland, 16 

 fathoms. 



