NOTES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW FISHES FROM PORT 

 JACKSON. 



By E. P, Ramsay, F.R.S.E., and J. Douglas-Ogilby, 

 Nannocampus ruber ; sp. nov. 



D. 11 ; 0. 6 ; Oss. rings, 19 + 50. 



Head and snout very short, their length being contained 3^ times 

 in the distance between the gill-openings and vent ; the snout is 

 I of the length of the head ; its lower side is as broad and convex 

 as the upper, and bears a sub-gular spine. Body almost round, the 

 ridges being obsolete. Length of body including head g of that of 

 tail. Vent a little in front of dorsal tin ; caudal small. Colors 

 when fresh, red with some minute white spots. 



The specimen was obtained by the trawl off Shark Reef on the 

 11th ult. ; it is a female, and measures 4^ inches. Registered 

 number B 9199. 



Seriola simpex ; sp. nov. 



D. 7. 1/32 ; A. 2. 1/20 ; V. 1/5 ; P. 21 ; C. 18. 



Length of head 4iJ„ height of body 3f in the total length. Diameter 

 of the eye ^ of the length of the head^ and equal to that of snout. 

 Dorsal profile much more convex than the ventral ; snout rather 

 obtuse ; abdomen not compressed. Lower jaw rather the longer ; 

 maxilla reaches to behind the middle of the eye. Teeth in several 



