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Sebastes percoides, Rich., Twofold Bay; 120 fathoms (?). Port Jacksou ; 30 fathoms. 



Scorpcena cruenta, Sol., Twofold Bay; 120 fathoms (?). 



Centropogon australis, AVhite, Port Jacksou. 



Lepidotngla phalcena, C. V., Victoria ; 38 fiithoms. Bass Straits ; 38 fathoms. . 



Perciscdlporti, Gthr. (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1876, vol. xvii. p. 394), Bass Straits ; 



38 fathoms. Twofold Bay ; 120 fathoms (?). 

 Gohius hrerijilis, Day, Port Jackson. 

 Gohius alhopunctatus, C. V., Port Jackson. 

 Callionymus ccdauropomus, Rich., Bass Straits; 38 fathoms. 



CaUivnymus phasis, n. sp. (PL XV. fig. C). 



D. 4/9, A. 7, C. 10. Prasopercular spine considerably shorter than the eye, terminating 

 in tliree curved spines, of which the two anterior are the larger, and directed upwards. 

 Dorsal spines prolonged ; second dorsal high ; caudal long ; the ventral fin extends 

 somewhat beyond the origin of the anal. Gill-opening reduced to a small foramen on 

 the upper side of the neck ; lateral line single. The length of the head is one-third of 

 the total length without caudal, or one-fourth with that fin. Eye very large, a little 

 longer than the snout, one-third of the length of the head. Reddish- white with irregular 

 broad blackish cross-bands on the back ; first dorsal blackish, wdth some whitish zig-zag 

 lines ; second variegated with greyish ; the other fins white. Length of specimen, 4 

 inches. Twofold Bay ; 120 fathoms (?). 



Callionymus lunatus, Schleg., Port Jackson; 6 to 8 fathoms. 

 Blennius tasmanianus, Rich., Port Jackson. 



Brachionichthys hirsutus, Lac. 



D 1/2/16, A. 9. Off Twofold Bay; 120 fathoms (?). 



Tripterygium, sp.. Port Jackson. 



Pseudopliycis haccJms, Forsfc., Twofold Bay. 



Gadus hucchm', Forst., Descr. Anim., i^. 120. 



Lota hreviusmda, Eicli., Voy. "Erebus" and "Terror," Fi.sli., p. 61, pi. xxx'V'iii, fig. 1. 



Pseudophijcis bremusadus, Gthr., Fish., vol. iv. p. 350. 



Lo'phonectes, u. gen. 



Body oWong, head small, cleft of the mouth very narrow, with the jaws and dentition 

 nearly equally developed on both sides ; teeth small, in single series ; palatine and 

 vomerine teeth none. Dorsal fin commencing above the nostrils, with the anterior rays 

 produced. Scales of moderate size, thin, and deciduous. Lateral line with a strong 

 curve ant(_Tiorly. Eyes on the left side. Bass Straits. Off Port Jackson. 



