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down ; lips pink ; lower parts white ; dorsal adipose ; pectorals 

 and caudal olive, anals and ventrals white. 



Total length of the specimen fourteen inches, taken in the 

 month of May. 



N.B. — The number of the fin rays seems to unite this species 

 with undosquamis, of Richardson, but the pectorals are much 

 shorter, and are far from extending to near the vertical of the 

 origin of the dorsal. 



Hemirhamphus regularis. 



ffemirJiamphus regularis, GuntJi. Gat., Vol. VI., p. 261. 



The common " gar-fish " of the Sydney market ; general 

 colour of the back, dark blue ; a broad silvery band on each side j 

 caudal black ; the upper jaw is rather broad. 



N.B. — The fishmongers distinguish two sorts ; one is larger, 

 and has more small black lines on the back ; they say that this 

 is the only one that can be preserved. 



Hemirhamphus melanochir. 



Hemirhamphus melanochir, Guv. ^ Val., Vol. XIX, p. 41, 

 intermedins, Gantor ^ Gunther. 



Of a light green ; a very narrow silvery band on each side ; 

 caudal black ; upper jaw much more narrow than in the preced- 

 ing species. 



Equally common at Melbourne, Swan River, Brisbane, and 

 Sydney ; found also in the Indian Sea. 



Hemirhamphus argenteus. 

 Hemirhamphus argenteus, Bennett, Whaling Voy., Vol. 11, p. 

 269, figured. 



Hemirhamphus hreviceps, Gast., Proceed. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.^ 

 Vol. II, p. 240. 

 Remarkable for its comparatively short lower jaw. 

 Common at Brisbane, but only seen once at Sydney. 



Belone ferox. 

 Belone ferox, Ounth. Gat., vol. VI., p. 242. 

 The back of the tail is broad and depressed ; the posterior 



