FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 191 

 Subgenus Melanichthys Schlegel 



GIRELLA TRICUSPID ATA (Quoy and Gaimard) 



Boops tricuspidatus Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., p. 296, 1824 (type 

 locality: Shark Bay, West Australia). 



Oblata tricuspidata Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 372, 1830 (Shark 

 Bay). 



Girella tricuspidata Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 428, 1859 (Sydney, 

 Australia); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 20, p. 59, 1867 (New South 

 Wales). — Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 

 56, pt. 1, p. 324, 1867 (Cape York). — Klttnzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. 

 Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 80, pt. 1, p. 355, 1879 (Hobsons Bay and Port 

 Philip). — Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1881, p. 49 (Southport). — 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 407, 1881 (Port 

 Jackson, Victoria, New South Wales). — Woods, Fish and Fisher. New 

 South Wales, p. 39, pi. 7, 1882. — Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, ser. 2, vol. 

 2, p. 20, 1890.— Ogilby, Edible fishes New South Wales, p. 42, pi. 12, 1893; 

 Handbook of Sydney, p. 130, 1898.— Waite, Mem. New South Wales Nat, 

 Club, No. 2, p. 26, 1904.— Stead, Fishes of Australia, p. 91, 1906 (New South 

 Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South and West Australia); Edible 

 fishes New South Wales, p. 49, pi. 19, 1908. — Roughley, Fishes of Australia, 

 p. 52, pi. 12, 1916 (South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, 

 South and West Australia, New Zealand). — McCulloch, Rec. Australian 

 Mus., vol. 13, p. 60, pi. 14, fig. 1, 1920 (types? of Girella ramsayi and Girella 

 mentalis; Kawan Island, New Zealand) . — Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., 

 vol. 2, No. 1, p. 113, fig. 74, 1921.— McCulloch, Fishes New South Wales, 

 ed. 2, p. 62, pi. 25, fig. 221a, 1927. 



Girella (Incisidens) tricuspidata Whitley, Australian Zool., vol. 6, pt. 4, p. 320, 

 1931 (reference). 



Melanichthys tricuspidata Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 1, 

 p. 67, 1872 (Melbourne); Rec. London Internat. Exhib., pt. 7, No. 5, p. 10, 

 1873 (Victoria) ; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 3, pp. 350, 363, 1879. 



Crenidens triglyphus Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Ichth., p. 36, pi. 25, 

 fig. 2, 1844-1848 (type locality: Port Jackson, Australia). 



Girella {Incisidens) triglyphus Whitley, Australian Zool., vol. 6, pt. 4, p. 320, 

 1931 (reference). 



Crenidens simplex Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Ichth., p. 120, 1844- 

 1848 (type locality: Port Jackson). — Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. 

 Wien, math.-nat. KL, vol. 56, pt. 1, p. 323, pi. 1, fig. 3, 1867 (lower jaw) (Cape 

 York). 



Girella simplex GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 429, 1859 (Sydney, Port 

 Jackson, Moores Bay). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 75, 1865 (Austra- 

 lia). — Klunzinger, Arch. Naturg., vol. 38, pt. 1, p. 22, 1872 (Murray River, 

 Bass Strait). — Hector, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 9, p. 468, pi. 8, fig. 

 6c, 1877.— Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeflfroy, No. 7, p. 40, 1879 (Sydney).— 

 Klunzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 80, pt. 1, p. 

 355, 1879 (Murray River).— Pohl, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 9, p. 28, 1884 

 (Sydney). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 407, 

 1881 (Port Jackson, Port Philip). — Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 

 1882, pp. 69, 111.— McCoy, Prodromus Zool. Victoria, vol. 5, pi. 73, 1885.— 

 Sherrin, Handb. Fishes New Zealand, p. 71, 1886. — Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Victoria, ser. 2, vol. 2, p. 20, 1890. — Ogilby, Edible fishes New South Wales, 

 p. 44, 1893.— Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef, pp. 285, 369, 1893 (Queens- 

 land) .—Waite, Mem. New South Wales Nat. Club, No. 2, p. 26, 1904; 

 Rec. Canterbury Mus., vol. 1, p. 21, 1907. 



