BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 225 



from those found by Dr. Bleeker to inhabit tho seas of Nether- 

 lands India. 



Family PEECID.E. 



1. PSEUDOLATES CAVIFRONS, All. & Macl. 



All. and Macl., Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., vol. i., p. 262, lA. 3. 



Dr. Klunzinger, and I believe others, seem to have satisfied 

 themselves that this species is identical with Zates calcarifer, 

 Bloch, if so, the existence of teeth on the tongue must remove it 

 from the genus Lates. 



2. AxxniAs MAXADENSis, Bleek. 



Atl. Ichth. Perc, p. 19, tab. 10, f. 5.— Gunth., Cat. App. 1, 

 p. 502. 



" Tara " of the Aborigines. 



Mr. Goldie describes this fish as being of a deep rose-pink all 

 over, with the belly, fins and tail orange. 



3. Anthias cheieospilos, Bleek. 



Atl. Ichth. Pore, p. 18, tab. 10, f. 1.— Gunth.,, Cat. App. 1, 

 p. 502. 



'* Tara " of the Aborigines. 



4. Serranus bcexack, B1. 



Bodianus Ixnaclc, Bloch., 4, p. 44, t. 226. Serranus hoenaclc, 

 Cuv. and Val., 2, p. 362. — Gunth., Cat. 1, p. 112. Serranus hoRlang, 

 Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Perc, pi. 68, fig. 5.— Quoy & Gaim., Yoy. 

 Astrol., Poiss., p. 657, pi. 3, fig. 4. Serranus nigrofasciatus, 

 Hombr. & Jacq., Yoy. Pole Sud., Poiss., p. 36, pi. 2, fig. 1. 



" Guna-Guna " of the Aborigines of Port Moresby. 



A species of very wide range within the tropics, extending 

 from the East Coast of Africa to the Polynesian Islands. 



