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Entirely of a reddish brown ; caudal black, with a broad white 

 border all round ; dorsal and anal dark, with the base and the 

 anterior part white ; pectorals and ventrals reddish, with the 

 spine of the last white. 



One single specimen seen on the 19th of September, 1877. 

 It is five and a half inches long. 



Bertx Affinis. 

 Bery^ Affinis, Gunther ; Catal., vol. I., p. 13. 



Cast. ; Proceed. Linn. Soc. of N.S.W.,vol.IL, p. 225. 



This fish, known as the Nanegai, is more particularly found in 

 the warm season, but it sometimes appears in May, July, and 

 August. It is at times very numerous ; and by its splendid 

 pink colour attracts notice amongst the generally dark coloured 

 fish exposed in the Australian markets. 



MONOCENTRIS JaPONICUS. 



Monocentris Japonicus, Houttuyn ; Act. Harbm., XX., p. o29. 

 A fine specimen of this sort, preserved in liquor, and given by 

 M. Fitzhardinge, is in the Sydney Museum, and is said to have 

 been found at Port Jackson. No other specimen has ever been 

 seen ; and if this is really Australian, it must have been driven 

 from Japan by one of Nature's great convulsions, and even then 

 it could not be considered as inhabiting the Australian coast. 



] only mention it here because Mr. Gerard Krefi't includes it 

 in his list of Australian fishes. (Industrial Progress of New 

 South Wales, 1871.) 



Lates Colonorum. 

 LatesGolonorum, Gunther; Ann.Nat. History,] 863, vol XI., p. 114. 

 Cast. ; Proceed. Zool. Soc. Victor, vol. I., p. 43. 

 Called in Sydney Perch ; is found in great quantities in the 

 swamps near Newcastle ; is commonly brought to the Sydney 

 market in June and July. It is also found in the Gippsland 

 Lakes. 



Serranus Damelii. 

 !^erranus Bamelii; Gunther's Ann. and Magas. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 XVIL, p. 391 ; 4th Series, 1876. 

 Black BocJc God. 

 Entirely of a purplish black ; generally a black spot on the 



