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we find that by far the gn atest part are from the Indian and 

 Polynesian seas, and that seme of these enter the Red Sea, that 

 eight or nine extend to Japan, and nine or ten to New Zealand, 

 seventeen to the Atlantic Ocean, and seven or eight to the 

 European seas, most of them to the Mediterranean. It must, 

 however, be recollected that at least three of these are doubtful, 

 and will require numerous specimens to be closely compared. 



The fish market of Sydney presents two different aspects ; in 

 winter, it contains only a very few sorts, of dark colour, and 

 almost all the same as those found in the Melbourne sea, and 

 exclusively Australian. In the warm months of the year appear 

 the denizens of the Indian and Pacific oceans, adorned with all 

 the splendid hues that nature seems so apt to lavish on the 

 tropical sorts. 



Bertcid-j:. 



Trachichthys Australis, Shaw. 



Beryx afiinis, Gunth. Nanegai. 



? ? ? Monocentris Japonicus, Houthuyn. 



Percidj]. 



Lates coloiiorum, Gunth. Perch. 

 Enoplosus armatus. White. Old Wife. 

 Serranus Damelii, Gunth. Bock cod. 

 dispar, Steind. id. 



Merra, Bloch, id. 



guttatus, G. V. id. 



^ guttulatus, Macleay. id. 



undulato-striatus, Peters, id. 

 Neoanthias Guntheri, Cast. 

 Plectropoma serratum, C. V. 

 annulatum, Gunth. 

 semicinctum, C. V. 

 cyanostigma, Gunth. 

 nigro-rubrum, 0. V. 

 Priacanthus macracanthus, G. V. 



Benmebari, Schleg. 

 DiacopuB Bengalensis, Bhch. 



