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tip is about one half greater than that of tlie second dorsal, and is equal 

 to the distance between the outer angles of the spiracles ; its hinder edge 

 is a little behind the posterior angles of the ventrals. Second dorsal of 

 similar forai to the first, and much nearer it than the tail. Ventrals 

 rounded, a small angular lobe projecting from the claspers. Caudal lai'ge, 

 subtruncate, its depth much greater than its length ; the peduncle is dis- 

 tinctly keeled laterally, and the vertebral portion does not neai'ly reach 

 the margin of the fin. 



Colour. — Chocolate brown above, white below. 



Described and figui'ed from an adult male specimen 470 mm. wide. 



Identity. — In identifying thi,s specimen as T. fairchildi, I rely upon 

 Waite's description and figure rather than upon the original definition and 

 illustration of the species, which were evidently very faulty. I have also 

 accepted the synonymy as determined by him. 



Loc. — This specimen was obtained by the State Trawlers nine miles 

 N. 170° E. of Green Cape, New South Wales, in forty-nine fathoms, from 

 a bottom of sand and stones. It was presented to the Trustees of the 

 Australian Museum by Mr. David Gr. Stead, General Manager of the State 

 Trawling Industry, to whom I am indebted for the privilege of recording 

 the fii^st species of the genus Torpedo recognised from Australian waters. 



Family ALBULIDtE. 



Genus Albula (Gro)iow), Scopoli. 



Albula vulpes, Linne. 



Albula conorhynchus, Saville Kent, " Great Barrier Reef," 1893, p. 302. 



Albula vulpes, Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld., xxi., 1908, p. 1. Id., Weber 

 and Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Austr. Arch., ii., 1913, p. 7, fig. 5. 



Albula glossodonta, Ogilby, Mem. Qld. Mus., v., 1916, p. 96. 



A large specimen, 603 mm. long from the snout to the end of the 

 middle caudal rays, was forwarded by the Fisheries Department earh' in 

 June, 1918, from Woy Woy, near Sydne3^ Its prevailing colour was a 

 rich pink. It does not differ from two smaller examples from Maleknla, 

 New Hebrides, and Hood Bay, Papua, Though recorded from Queensland, 

 this species has not been previously recognised south of Moreton Bay. 



Family CLUPEID^. 



Genus Sardinia, Poey. 



Sardinia negpilcharpds, Steiiidachiier. 



Australian Pilchard. 



(Plate xxvi., fig. 1.) 



Clupea melanosticta, McCoy, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3), xx., 1867, p. 188 

 (not of Schlegel). 



