FISHES FROM VVtSTEKN ALSTRALIA— WAl I K. 75 



ClIELIDONICHTHYS KUMU, Lt's^iiH d' (Tamot. 



Trifjla kuwu, Lesson and Garnot, Yoy. "Coquille," 1830, pi. xix. 

 Lor. — Houtman's Abrolhos : Fremantle. 



Parapercis NEBfLOSis, (Juoi/d- (iawiard . 

 Percis nebulosiin, Quoy and Gaimard.Voy. "Uranie et Physicienne," 

 1825, p. 349. 

 Lnc. — Mandurali. 



PaTjECUS froxto, Richardson. 

 Patterns fronto, Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xiv., 1844, 

 p. 280. 

 Some remarks on the synonomy of this species will be found 

 under the heading of P. inaculatns. 



Loc. — The example forwarded was trawled between Fremantle 

 and Houtman's Abrolhos. 



PATiECUS MACULATUS, Gunther. 

 Patoicus mactilatiis, Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iii., 1861, 

 p. 292. 



(Plate XV.) 



The specimen forwarded was obtained at Fremantle, the type 

 locality, and agrees quite well with the original description, 

 differing in fact, as far as ascertainable, only by having thirty- 

 two in place of thirty-one dorsal rays, of which twenty are 

 spinous ; the first is exti'emely short, in front of the base of the 

 second spine, and the third is longest. 



The caudal has nine rays, the lower of which are shorter and 

 thicker than the upper ones. 



The tubercle described as being midway between the eye and the 

 end of the snout is perforate and constitutes the posterior nostril, 

 the anterior one lies in another smooth ai'ea nearer the mouth. 



A Tasmanian example further differs by having thirty-three 

 dorsal spines and especially in the length of the pectoral fin, 

 which is longer than in the Western Australian fish, and almost 

 as long as the head. The body also is relatively deeper ; these 

 slight vai'iations may be of individual or local import only. In 

 neither specimen can T trace the latei'al line described ; a non- 

 poi'ous ridge is possibly referred to. The Western Australian 

 specimen is here figured natural size : its total length being 184 

 mm. It is thus much larger than either the type (80 mm.) or 

 Castelnau's specimen (90 mm). 



