FISHES. — MCCULLOCH. 117 



Amia fasciata, Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., ii., 1865, 

 p. 71. Id., Radcliffe, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xli., 1911, 

 p. 249, pi. xxi.-xxii. 



Apogon cooki, Macleay. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, v., 

 1881, p. 344, and vii., 1882, p. 236. 



Amia robusta, Radcliffe, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xli., 1911, 

 p. 254, fig. 2. 



This species ranges from Tasmania northwards to the 

 Philippine Islands. Shaw's type was taken in or near 

 Port Jackson^ ; specimens from North Queensland were later 

 described by Macleay as Apogon cooki, while exactly the same 

 form has been recently described and figured as Amia robusta 

 by Radcliffe. But a most critical examination of specimens 

 of equal size from Torres Strait and Tasmania fails to reveal 

 any differences between them. 



A. fasciata alters considerably with age, the depth changing 

 irom 2.82 to 2.28 in specimens 60-135 mm. long. The bands 

 are also broader in the young ; the dorso-lateral one touches 

 the lateral line in small specimens, while it is well above it in 

 adults. 



Locs. — Launceston, Tasmania ; Port Jackson, New South 

 Wales ; Moreton Bay ; Masthead Island, off Port Curtis ; 

 Dunk Island and Green Island, near Cairns ; Endeavour 

 River (types of A. cooki), Queensland ; Murray Island, Torres 

 Strait ; Mapoon, Gulf of Carpentaria. 



Amia fasciata, Shaw. 



subsp. NOVEMFASCiATA, Cuvicr dk Valcnciennes. 



Amia novemfasciata (Cuvier & Valenciennes), Jordan & 

 Scale, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bur., xxv., 1906, p. 242, fig. 36. 

 Id., Radcliffe, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xli., 1911, p. 251. 

 pi. xxiii. 



Apogon fasciatus, Giinther, Journ. Mus. Godeff., ii., 1873, 

 p. 19, pi. XX., fig. B. 



A large series of specimens are in the Australian Museum 

 from the following localities : — Murray Island, Torres Strait ; 

 Samoa (coll. Jordan & Scale) ; New Hebrides, several locali- 

 ties ; Tongatabu, Friendly Islands ; Bougainville Island, 

 Solomon Group. 



1. As is proved by the context of White's " Journal." 



