ADDITIONS TO THE FISH FAUNA OF LOED HOWE ISLAND — WAITE. 209 



Pterois ZEBRA, Cuviev and Valenciennes. 



P. volitans proves to be quite common off the Island whence 

 we have received many examples. The inclusion of P. zebra, on 

 the other hand, rests on the evidence of a single specimen 

 forwarded by Mr. Icely. Both species occur in Port Jackson, 

 but, similarly, the former is much the commoner, or, as I should 

 say, the less rare. Neither species has been recorded on the 

 Australian Coast south of Port Jackson. 



Parapercis cylindrica. Block. 



Scicena cylindrica, Bloch., Ichth., 1797, pi. 299, fig. 1. 



We possess two examples from the Island, one obtained by 

 Mr. Icely in 1893, and the other by Mrs. Nicholls in January 

 last. Giinther* mentions that a specimen from Aneiteum differs 

 from others in the British Museum by having fifty-eight, instead 

 of fifty transverse rows of scales, and by the ventral fin reaching 

 only to the third, instead of the fifth anal ray. In both our 

 specimens there are fifty-four scales in the lateral line ; in one, 

 the ventrals reach to the third anal ray, in the other, to the 

 first only. In an example from the Admiralty Islands there 

 are also fifty-four series of scales, while the ventrals reach to 

 the fourth anal ray. 



Cristiceps australis, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Of the two species originally recorded from the Island, namely, 

 C. aurantiacus, Cast., and C. roseus, Giinth, the latter enters 

 Ogilby's genus, Petrdites. A specimen secured by Mr. Icely is to 

 be identified with C. australis, Cuv. and Val. Port Jackson 

 examples of which Castelnau designated C. macleayi. 



* GuQther— Brit. Mas. Cat. Fish, ii., 1860, pp. 239 and 525. 



