200 RECOEDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



distribution of the species there can be no doubt, and it is inter- 

 esting to notice that the forms having the most extensive range 

 are either bathybial or pelagic in habit. 



Decapterus SANCTiE-HELENiE, Cuvier and Valenciennes 



To this species I refer a fine example obtained by Mrs. T. Nichols 

 last year. It measures 310 mm. in length and though not in very 

 good condition, exhibits all the features of the species with the 

 exception of the character of the first dorsal spine, this is short, 

 not half the length of the second and is correspondingly feeble. 

 I have assumed that Steindachner is correct in regarding Caranx 

 muroadsi, Temminck and Schlegel, as synonymous with D. sanctce- 

 helenm. 



Trachinotus russelli, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



This species is incidentally mentioned by Ogilby* as occurring 

 at Lord Howe Island, but as the reference might easily be over- 

 looked, attention is here drawn to it. The specimens in the 

 Museum were received from Mr. Icely. 



Brama raii. Block. 



Oastlenau has recorded this species from Port Jack.son, but 

 doubt has since been thrown upon his identification. We have 

 an example in the Museum, obtained from Lord Howe Island by 

 Mr. Icely, so that Castlenau's record was doubtless correct. It 

 has the characteristically deeply forked caudal of the species, and 

 the radial formula is D iii. 33; A. ii. 28. Like Lampris luna (a 

 notice of which recently appeared in this publication), Brama raii 

 is a large pelagic fish, widely distributed and descending to con- 

 siderable depths ; any new recorded habitat, though interesting, 

 is therefore not surprising. 



Epinephelus fasciatus. Forskal. 



This species is represented from the island by a fine example, 

 300 mm. in length. Previously it was known from Darnley Island 

 in Torres Straits, which gave it a place in the Australian fauna. 

 We have other two specimens in the collection, one of which is 

 from Port Moresby, British New Guinea, possibly an unrecorded 

 habitat. 



Therapon jarbua, Forskal. 



This widely distributed species has been recorded from the 

 north and north-east coast of the continent, and a single example 

 obtained by Mr. Icely, enables me to add it to the fauna of Lord 

 Howe Island. 



* Ogilby— Edible Fishes N.S.W., 1893, p. 90. 



