BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 397 



208. Drepane punctata, Cuv. & Yal. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 62.— Bleek. Atl. Ichtli. Chcetod., pi. 3, 



fig. 4. 



D. 8/20. A. 3/18. L, lat. 50. L. transv. 14/33. Ctec. pylor. 2-3. 



The third dorsal spine longest, the first of the ventral fin elongate; 

 the pectoral reaches to or near the root of the caudal. Uniform 

 silvery, with vertical series of brown specks which are sometimes 

 confluent. 



North-west Coast. Cape York. 



G-enus Scoepis, Cuv. & Val. 



Body compressed and elevated. Snout moderate. One dorsal 

 fin with nine or ten spines, anal with three, the soft portions of 

 both densely scaly. Jaws with an outer series of stronger teeth ; 

 teeth on the vomer and palatine bones. Seven branchiostegals ; 

 air-bladder present ; pyloric appendages in very great number. 



Pacific Ocean. 



209. ScoRPis GEORGiANUs, Cuv. & Val. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 64. 



D. 9/26. A. 3/27. 



The soft dorsal and anal fins falcate, the anterior rays being 

 elevated. Uniform brownish. 

 King George's Sound. 



210. ScoRPis iEQUiPiNNis, Eichards. 



Yoy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, p. 121. — Gunth. Cat. Fishes, II., 



p. 64. 



Scorpis lineolatus, Kner., Voy. of Novara., Fishes, p, 108, pi. 5, f . 3. 



** The Siveep " of the Sydney Fishermen. 



D. 10/27. A. 3/27. 



