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  KEPT 
  ILIA, 
  BATRACHIA, 
  

  

  AND 
  

  

  PISCES. 
  

  

  BY 
  

  

  ALBERT 
  GUNTHER. 
  

  

  The 
  Rephles 
  collected 
  in 
  Torres 
  Straits 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  

   species 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Chelonia 
  viridis. 
  Varanus 
  goiildii 
  (Thursday 
  Isl.), 
  Varanus 
  

   timorensis 
  (Thursday 
  and 
  Prince 
  of 
  AVales 
  Isls.), 
  Varanus 
  prasinus 
  

   (New 
  Guinea), 
  Lialis 
  hurtonii 
  (Thursday 
  Isl.), 
  Gijmnodactylus 
  

   platiints 
  (Pt. 
  Curtis). 
  

  

  Of 
  Diemenla 
  torqaata, 
  a 
  Snake 
  hitherto 
  known 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  

   example 
  only, 
  a 
  second 
  specimen 
  was 
  obtained 
  in 
  Queensland. 
  

  

  Two 
  species 
  of 
  Tree-Feogs 
  were 
  obtained 
  — 
  the 
  common 
  and 
  

   widely 
  spread 
  Uyla 
  ca;rulea 
  on 
  Thursday 
  Isl., 
  and 
  the 
  allied 
  Jlyla 
  

   dolicJiopsis 
  in 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  of 
  Fishes 
  comprised 
  fifty 
  species, 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  

   which 
  were 
  previously 
  known 
  to 
  inhabit 
  this 
  district 
  of 
  the 
  Indo- 
  

   Pacific. 
  Those 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  greatest 
  interest 
  is 
  attached 
  are 
  two 
  

   species 
  of 
  Branchiostoma 
  ; 
  three 
  Teleosteans 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  undescribed. 
  

  

  Trachynotus 
  coppingeri. 
  (Plate 
  III. 
  fig. 
  A.) 
  

   D.6|l. 
  A.2|,^. 
  

  

  The 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  

   length 
  (without 
  caudal), 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  contained 
  thrice 
  

   and 
  three 
  fourths 
  in 
  it. 
  Scales 
  very 
  conspicuous, 
  arranged 
  above 
  

   and 
  below 
  the 
  lateral 
  line 
  in 
  a 
  regular 
  series, 
  which 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  

   about 
  85 
  scales. 
  The 
  snout 
  is 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  eye, 
  and 
  less 
  

   obtuse 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  The 
  eye 
  is 
  

   situated 
  far 
  below 
  the 
  upper 
  profile 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  two 
  ninths 
  of 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  Cheeks 
  covered 
  with 
  minute 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  scaleless. 
  Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  lobes 
  produced, 
  

   pointed, 
  but 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  posterior 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fins 
  ; 
  caudal 
  

   lobes 
  long, 
  two 
  fifths 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  Uniform 
  silvery 
  ; 
  

   fins 
  grej'ish. 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  specimen, 
  6 
  inches 
  long, 
  was 
  obtained 
  at 
  Percy 
  Island 
  on 
  

   the 
  coast 
  of 
  Queensland. 
  

  

  