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name, it having a priority of a year over Cuvier's 

 Cestracion, even were that name admissable, which as I 

 have conclusively shewn (P.L.S. N.S.W., iii. (2) 1888, 

 p. 1770), is not the case : for the same reason it would be 

 absurd to continue to employ the commonly accepted 

 family name Cestraciontidce, and being unable to find an 

 older name I have adhered to that used in my Catalogue of 

 the Fishes of New South Wales, 1886. 



37. H. GALEATUS, Guth., sp. Port Jackson, almost as common 



as H. pliillipi. Port Stephens, N.S.W. (Austr. Mus.). 

 These are the only localities whence we have ever 

 received it. 



Note. — For detailed accounts of this and the preceding 

 species see Miklouho-Maclay and Macleay, P.L.S. N.S.W., 

 iii. pp. 309, 313, pis. 22-25. 



SPINACIDiE. 

 AcANTHiAS, Risso (1826). 



38. A. VULGARIS, Rss. Coast of Victoria [McCoy). Tasmania, 



very abundant {Johnston). 



39. A. BLAiNViLLii, Rss. New Holland {Gilnther). Tasmania, 



abundant {Johnston). 



40. A. MEGALOPS, Mel. Neighbourhood of Port Jackson, not 



uncommon, but rarely taken inside the Heads. This form, 

 distinguished by the forward position of the ventral fins, 

 is the only one I have met with here, and appears to be in 

 many points intermediate between the two others ; even- 

 tually it is probable that the three will have to be joined 

 together under a common name. 



EcHiNORHiNUS, Blainville ( 1816). 



*41. E. SPINOSUS, Gmel.^ sp. Portland, Vic. {McCoy). This is the 

 only specimen as yet recorded from Australian waters. 



