FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 731 



Oonor7-hy)ichus greyi Klunzingek, Arcb. Naturg., vol. 38, p. 42, 1872 (Hobson's 

 Bay). — Ogilby, Auu. Queensland Mus., No. 10, p. 34, 1911 (on Ricliardsou). 



Gonorhyncus greyi Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, new ser., vol. 2, p. 36, 1890 

 (Victoria). 



Gonorynchus greyi McCulloch, Australian Mus. Mem., vol. 5, p. 52, 1929 (refer- 

 ence). 



Oonorhynchtis gonorynchus (not Linnaeus) Waite, Rec. Austral. Mus., vol. 5, 

 p. 146, pi. 17, fig. 3, 1904 (Lord Howe Island; New South Wales) ; Mem. 

 New South Wales Naturalists Club, No. 2, p. 13, 1904; Rec. Canterbury 

 Mus., vol. 1, No. 1, p. 11, 1907 (reference) ; Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 

 42, 1909, p. 374, 1910 (Kermadek Island) ; Rec. South Australian Mus., 

 vol. 2, p. 40, fig. 57, 1921.— Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 70, pt. 

 1, p. IGO, 1936 (Melbourne). 



Gonorhynchus gonorhyncliMS Fowleb, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1911, 

 p. 220 (Melbourne) ; 1923, p. 43 (Melbourne examples). 



Gonorrynchus forsteri Ogii^y, Ann. Queensland Mus., No. 10, p. 34, 1911 (type 

 locality : New Zealand ) . 



Gonorhynchus forsteri CHAnANAtro, Bull. Soe. Geol. France, ser. 5, vol. 1, 

 p. 507, 1931 (reference). 



Gonorrynchus purminanus Ogilby, Ann. Queensland Mus., No. 10, p. .34, 1911 

 (type locality: Woody Point, Moretou Bay, South Queensland). 



Gonorhynchus parvimamis Chabanaud, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, ser. 5, vol. 1, 

 p. 507, 1931 (reference). 



Depth 9 to 10; head 5 to Si/g, width 2% to 2%. Snout 22/3 to 3 in 

 head; eye 4 to 41/4, I14 in snout; maxillary reaches % to eye; lips 

 fleshy, fringed, papillose; interorbital 5% to 8 in head. Gill fila- 

 ments 2 in eye. 



Scales 145 to 175 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 or 6 more on 

 latter; 14 to 18 above, 13 or 14 below, 150 to 175 predorsal. Scales 

 ctenoid, exposed edges truncate, more or less caducous, on trunk 

 and tail in e^^enly oblique uniform series, uniform in size. Large 

 slender, free, pointed, fleshy scaled flap in pectoral axil % of fin; 

 similar one in ventral axil; caudal and dorsal mostly covered with 

 scales basally, other fins scaleless. Lateral line complete, tubes 

 simple. 



D. V, 8, 1, sometimes v, 7, i, first branched ray 2 in head ; A. v, 5, i, 

 sometimes v, 6, i, first branched ray 2 to 2% ; caudal emarginate, sub- 

 equal with head; least depth of caudal peduncle 3% to 4; pectoral 

 11/5 to ll^ ; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Dull or pale gray to drab brown, lighter below. Eye dark or 

 gray. Inside mouth and gill opening black. Fins pale gray brown, 

 with slight yellowish tinge basally, terminally black. 



Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Western 

 Australia, South Australia and New Zealand. 



4 examples. A.N.S.P. Melbourne market, Victoria, Mrs. Agnes F. Kenyon. 

 Length, 273-293 mm. 



