ADDITIONS TO THE FISH FAUNA OF LORD HOWE ISLAND — WAITE. 47 



The lips are white, with black margins. The dorsal and anal fins 

 are colourless, each with three dark marks at its base ; the anterior 

 is the broadest, the posterior the narrowest ; these respectively 

 pass on to the body, and tend to form bands, but are soon lost ; 

 complete bands would possibly be traceable in young examples. 



The membrane of the caudal is black; the rays are grey, crossed 

 by two curved grey bands of which the posterior is the narrower. 



SiLLAGO CILIATA, Ctivier <h Valenciennes. 



The examples received are young, and differ from any specimen 

 I have seen on the mainland in having faint oblique markings 

 above the longitudinal yellow line. These marks recall S. maculata, 

 Quoy and Gaim., but the general features, and in particular the 

 smaller number of anal rays, and fewer scales on the lateral line, 

 unquestionably point to »S'. ciliata. 



This is the first Sillago recorded from the island. 



Antennarius commersonii, Lacepede. 



The example now recorded was received from the island in 

 August, 1894:, in company with the Clustodon above described, 

 but for similar reasons a notice of its occurrence has been delayed. 

 Giinther has lavishly illustrated this species, and shown how 

 extremely it varies in colouration and pattern.^" 



Our specimen, which is a very fine one, measuring 260 mm. 

 in length, is to be at once identified with Bleeker's A. moluccensis, 

 and with one or two trifling exceptions, might have been the one 

 from which his drawing was made.'^ 



This is the second member of the genus recorded from Lord 

 Howe Island, Ogilby having identified A. coccineus, Lesson and 

 Garnet, therefrom. 



17 Giinther— Fische der Siidsee, v., 1876, p. 163, pi. c.-cvi. 

 IS Bleeker— Atlas Ichth., v., 1865, p. 17, pi. excvi., fig. 2. 



