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sky blue, with a golden spot on each scale ; sometimes of a 

 brilliant green, with the belly white, bat always with transverse 

 black spots on the superior half of the back. 



Odax obscurus. 

 Odaot obscurus, Cast. Proceed. Zool. Soc. Vict, vol. J, p. 154. 



One small specimen, similar to those from Victoria, in the 

 beginning of June. 



Gerres ovatus. 



Gerres ovatus, GuntJi. Cat., Vol. IV., p. 257. 



Body high and oval ; its height contained once and one-fifth 

 in the total length, without the caudal fin, the second spine of 

 the dorsal being the longest ; the third of the anal longer, but 

 more slender than the second, head rather pointed, pectorals 

 long. 



Entirely of a silvery grey, having a yellow tinge on the lower 

 parts ; fins yellow, the dorsal finely bordered with black. 



Specimen eight inches long. 



LOTELLA CALLARIAS. 



Lotella callarias, Gunth. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1863,^. 116. 

 Height of body contained four times and one-third in the total 

 length, without the caudal fin, head not quite four times in the 

 same ; upper profile convex ; the highest part of the fish a little 

 behind the first dorsal, and from thence tapering posteriorly ; 

 the teeth on the upper jaw form a band, with an external line of 

 larger ones set considerably apart; on the lower jaw there is only 

 the external series, 



PSEUDORHOMBUS RuSSELLII. 



Pseudorhomhus Bussellii, Gunth. Cat., Vol. IV., p. 424. 



Platessa Bussellii, Gray, III. hid. Zool. 



Called the " Flounder " at Sydney, where it often appears in 

 the market ; the colour is of a dark brown, with the fins lighter, 

 inclining to yellow, and covered with small black spots. 



Mouth very extensible ; caudal pointed ; the rays of the dorsal 

 are scaley on the two posterior thirds of the fin. 



