60 RECOKDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



shown in the membrane below, these are characters of C. sciUatiiH. 

 Amjjhisile cristata, De Vis,* appears to be a synonym of C. sctifatua, 

 the presence of " three radiating dorsal spines" suggesting that 

 the spine of the cuirass was unjointed ; the example described 

 was taken at Noosa on the Queensland coast between Brisbane 

 and Wide Bay, it measured eleven inches (280 mm.) in length. 



f.oc. — Two fine examples of equal size (222 mm.), forwarded by 

 Mr. Woodward, were trawled in the watei's to the north of 

 Houtman's Abrolhos. 



Myxus EL0X(iATU.s, Gihither. 



My.vus ''loiK/afns, Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iii., 1861, p. 

 466. 



Loc. — Mand urah . 



SpiiYRiENA OBTUSATA, Cuvifv <t Valencienues. 



Sphyr<e}ia obtusata, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 iii., 1829, p. 350. 



The Abrolhos Islands have furnished us with two examples of 

 this species : it tluis ranges along both east and west coasts of 

 the Continent. It is not recorded by Lucas (1890) from Victoria 

 nor by Johnston (1890) from Tasmania. 



Castelnau I'ecords S. itovfe-hollandife, Giinther, from Western 

 Australia. This sjjecies is common along the southern and south- 

 eastern seaboards, and is also known from Tasmania. 



Beryx affinis, Giinther. 



Beryx affinis, Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., i., 1859, p. 13. 



Though not previously recorded from the west coast, its known 

 distribution would suggest its inclusion as a member of the fauna. 



Lvc. — Houtman's Abrolhos. 



HOLOCENTRUM RUBRUM, Forskal. 



tSciceua rubra, Forskal, Descr. Anim., 1775, p. 48. 

 Loc. — Mandurah. 



MOXOCENTRIS GLORIA-MARIS, De Vis. 



Cleidopns (/loria-maris, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales, vii., 

 1882,' p. 368. 



■» De Vis— Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ix.. 1885, p. 872. 



