NOTES ON FISHES FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA — WAITE. 181 



POMATOMUS SALTATRIX, LinnCPAlS. 



This species, represented in the collection by examples from 

 Fremantle, has not been recorded on the west coast northward 

 of the Swan River. 



Apogon ruppellii, Giinther. 



(Plate xxvii.) 



Apogon ruppellii, Gunth,, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., i., 1859, p. 23G ; 

 Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxiv., 1899, p. 165. 



The two examples forwarded were obtained at Mandurah in 

 1897. The larger one forms the subject of the accompanying 

 illustration. 



In the paper above mentioned, Ogilby redescribes the species, 

 but the following discrepancies are to be noted. The passage 

 "spine of the second dorsal as long as, or a little shorter, than 

 that of the first," should read: — "as long as, or a little shorter, 

 than the iifth of the first dorsal." Again, for "second anal spine 

 about as long as the fifth dorsal," read: — "sixth dorsal." These 

 corrections have been verified with the larger of Mr. Ogilby's 

 specimens, kindly lent .me for the purpose of completing the tail 

 in the drawing, this member being defective in Mr. Woodward's 

 examples. 



Enoplosus armatus, White. 



Known from Queensland and common in New South Wales 

 and Victorian waters, this species has not been recorded westward 

 of St. Vincent's Gulf, South Australia. Examples obtained there 

 by means of a trawl were recorded by Castelnau. Specimens 

 taken at Fremantle in 1899, enable me to extend its known 

 distribution, and add it to the published fauna of Western 

 Australia. 



Hypoplectrodes armatus, Castelnau. 



(Fig. 20). 



Serranus armatus, Cast., Res. Fish. Aust., 1875, p. 7. 



In 1875, under the name Serranus ? armatus, Castelnau des- 

 cribed a fish from the Swan River, Perth; he queried the genus 

 on account of its dentition. 



When dealing with the species in his Catalogue, Boulenger- 

 placed it as a member of the genus Gilbertia, but denoted 

 uncertainty. 



A fine fish, sent by Mr. Woodward, I am able to identify with 

 Castelnau's species, and am glad to support the conclusions as to 



2 Boulenger— Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish-., (2), i., 1895, p. 309. 



