BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 457 



The following localities have afforded known fish : — 



New Britain — Pterois volitans, L. Therapon trivittatus. Blk. 

 Mursena nebulosa, Bl. Platyglossus scapularis, Benn. Saurus 

 varius Lacep, Exocsetus evolans L. Genyoroge melanura, Rup, 



New Ireland — Tetrodon nigropunctatus, Blk. Serranus lauti. 

 Forsk. Ostracion cornutus, L. 



Api — Chrysophrys Australis, Griinth. Chsetodon xanthurns, 

 Blk. Chaetodon vittatus, Blk. Murcena Bruinineri, Blk. 



Duke of York's Group — Balistes verrucosus, L. 



Some Results of Trawl Fishing outside Port Jackson. 

 By William Macleay, F.L.S., &c. 



Whatever adds to our knowledge of the natural productions of 

 the country, either on land or water, must be a matter of general 

 interest. I need scarcely then, I think, offer any apology for the 

 frequency with which I trespass on the time of this Society by 

 laying before it short notices of new Fishes found in Port Jackson 

 and its neighbourhood. I am aware that to the Ichthyologist 

 these isolated descriptions of species, are, to say the least of it, 

 troublesome, and that it would be far better and more convenient 

 for the student, if I were to reserve these descriptions until the 

 publication of a Supplement to my Catalogue of the Fishes of 

 Australia, a work which I have now in hand. But I have an 

 object to serve of a more utilitarian character, than the mere 

 identification and nomenclature of species; I am desirous of seizing 

 every possible opportunity of forcing upon the notice of the public 

 the great value of our Fisheries, or rather of what might be their 

 great value, were we disposed to develop them. 



I have often said, and I repeat— and it cannot be repeated too 

 often — we have in our seas a wonderful variety of the most 

 excellent fishes, not surpassed in numbers, excellence and variety 

 in any country in the world. We have herrings of various kinds 

 visiting our shores annually in countless shoals, we have similar 



