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NEW OR RARE FISHES FROM MAROUBRA, N.S.W. 



By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S, Zoologist, Australian 

 Museum, Sydney. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees.) 



(Plate xvn.) 



All the following fishes have been obtained at Maroubra Bay, and 

 by my colleague Mr. Thomas Whitelegge unless otherwise stated. 



Maroubra is situated between Port Jackson and Botany Bay, 

 and is a deep inlet about one and a half miles across ; it is bounded 

 on both sides by low cliffs, at the bases of which ai'e numerous 

 rock-pools, the home of many small blennies, gobies, and other 

 littoral fishes ; these also occasionally detain fishes not usually 

 found in such localities. Stretching between the rocks is an area 

 of sand, on to which, more especially after heavy seas, many other 

 forms are to be met with ; frequently those small pelagic species 

 unable to withstand the tempestuous waters when driven near the 

 land. It is to be further remarked that only during winds from 

 seaward are such fishes to be found on the coast. It is almost 

 useless, on the shores of this colony, to attempt much shore work 

 during or immediately after a westerly wind, and this leads us to 

 a further consideration as to how {jelagic fishes become stranded. 

 It can scarcely be considered likely that the wind actually drives 

 them in, but it probably has, indirectly, much to do with it. 



A large amount of information may be obtained by observing 

 the invertebrate life on the coasts under varying atmospheric 

 conditions. Easterly winds drive in small Pteropods, Medusse, 



