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Of a beautiful scarlet colour — sometimes marbled with groy ; 

 belly whitish ; sides having rounded dark blotches ; the fins are 

 of a reddish pink, variegated with white ; the first dorsal has a 

 large black blotch covering nearly the upper half of its posterior 

 part ; there are a few black spots on the soft dorsal ; they are 

 transversely marbled with white and red ; the ventrals are pink ; 

 the pectorals beautifully marbled with pink, white, and brown. 



It is called Red Rock Cod at Sydney ; is not scarce, and ia 

 very much esteemed for the table. 



Sebastes percoides. 

 Sehastes percoides, Rich. ; Ereb. and Terror, Fishes, p. 23, pi. 15* 



This beautiful fish is of a fine orange scarlet, with the lower 

 parts of the first of these colours, with three or four very broad 

 brown transverse bands on the body. 



According to Dr. Gunther (Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 1876, 

 p. 392) my Sebastes Alportl would be the same as this species. 

 This may be the case, but the proportions appear to be very dif- 

 ferent. 



Plattcephaltjs fusous. 



Platyceplialus fuscus ; Cuv. Val. vol. IV., p. 34. 



Spines of the head feeble ; the two at the angle of the preeo- 

 percle strong, and nearly equal ; body nearly black ; below 

 white ; dorsal hyaline, with the spines and rays spotted with 

 brown ; caudal with its upper part spotted and the lower 

 obscure ; a large black rounded spot on the end of the caudal, at 

 about one-third of its height ; anal white ; .ventrals and pectorals 

 yellow, finely spotted with green. 



This is the common Flat Head of the Sydney Market ; par- 

 ticularly common in winter. 



Platycephalus Bassensis. 

 PlatycejpJialus Bassensis ; Cuv. Val. vol. IV,, p. 247. 



Tasmanianus, Rich.; Ereb. and Terror, p. 23, 

 pi. 18. 

 Called at Sydney the Ued Flat Head. It does not appear very 

 commonly ; at Melbourne it is perhaps the most common fish in 

 the market. 



