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Of a beautiful carmine, with the lower parts of a whitish 

 yellow ; an oval black blotch bordered with white on the dorsal, 

 extending over the sixth, seventh, and sometimes the eighth 

 spine ; in some specimens this blotch is divided into two or three 

 spots, but the central one is always much larger than the others. 

 In some specimens there is on a part of the scales a round 

 whitish spot. 



Rather plentiful at Sydney, and often called " Pig Fish " on 

 account of its elongated snout. 



CORIS LINEOLATA. 



Coris lineolata, Gunth. Cat., vol. IV, p. 206. 

 JuUs lineolata. Guv. and Val, vol. XIII, p. 436. 



cyanogramma, Bichards, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 VII, 1851, p. 289. 



Of a beautiful carmine pink on the upper parts, the sides and 

 belly of a silvery white ; a broad longitudinal black stripe, 

 irreo-alar on its edges, extending along the sides ; throat obscure ; 

 arched oblique lines of a fine light blue on the sides of the 

 head, and one in the middle ; an oval black spot on the dorsal 

 extending over the sixth, seventh, and sometimes the eighth 

 spine ; this spot, which is sometimes divided into two or three, 

 is bordered with white. The base of the dorsal and pectorals 

 orange, the remaining portion pink ; two or three longitudinal 

 white lines extend entirely along the dorsal fin ; a small variety 

 has no black band on the sides. 



This beautiful species was discovered by Peron, since which 

 Quoy and Graimard found it at Western Port. The British 

 Museum has received it from Swan River. 



I have only seen it at Sydney, where it is rather common 

 during the warm season. 



Odax semifasciatus. 

 Odax semifasciatus. Guv. and Vol., vol. XIV, p. 297, pi. 407. 



Very much like Bichardsoni, but with the pr^opercle entire. 



It is called " rock whiting " at Sydney, and is fourteen inches 

 long; obtained in May. 



The colour varies much, being sometimes entirely of a fine 



