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applies very well : I do not find teeth on the palatines as recorded 

 by Castelnau. It is to be remarked that the type specimen was 

 a dried skin, a circumstance which may well account for the 

 discrepancies noticed. It was obtained at Dampier Archipelago 

 in North-west Australia, and the species finds its nearest ally in 

 Cichlops melanotfenia, Bleeker,^" an inhabitant of Macassar Strait. 



I am unable to consult the original description of this species, 

 and therefore refer to Glinther's epitome ^^ and Bleeker's figure.'^ 



The profile of the head is not flattened as in C. linearis, and the 

 ventral fin has a much more posterior insertion. The membranes 

 of the spines of the dorsal and anal fin are represented as diflfereut 

 from that of the rays; in our specimens there is no such distinction. 

 The markings of the tins are not the same, and the dark lines on 

 the body in Bleeker's species are ten in number, while those of 

 the Australian fish are sixteen. In C. melanotcenia there are no 

 blue marks illustrated on the opercle, and the central rays of the 

 caudal are not produced as in C. Ihieatus. 



It is not possible now to determine if the fins were edged with 

 blue, as in C. melanokenia, but there are certainly blue marks on 

 the opercle, a feature not illustrated by Bleeker. 



In order that the two species may be the better compared, I 

 have carefully figured the larger of the Mandurah examples. I have 

 also supplied an independent description, Castelnau's 'Researches' 

 having been published in a somewhat inaccessible work.-" 



BoLEOPTHALMUS viRiDis, Hamilton Buchanan. 



The collection contains three examples of a Boleopthalmus. Two 

 were taken at Broome, on the north-west coast, and the third in 

 the Lennard River, flowing into King Sound, somewhat further 

 to the north. After comparison with descriptions of all known 

 species, I cannot see any reason for separating them specifically 

 from B. viridis. The largest example measures 122 mm. in length, 

 and all have the vertical body marks mentioned as occurring in 

 some specimens. 



17 Bleeker — Celebes iii., p 765. 



18 Gilnther— Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., ii., 1860, p. 259. 



19 Bleeker — Atlas Ichth., Pseudochrom, i., fig. 5. 



20 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876, Official Eecord, Melbourne, 

 1875. 



