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Upeneus indicus, Shaw, Kandavu. 

 Upeneoides vittatus, Forsk., Ovalau. 

 Percis hexojihthalma, C. V., Levuka. 



Plesiojys corallicola, Blkr. (Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Iiid., 1853, p. 280 ; Gthr. Fiscli. 

 d. Siidsee, p. 87, taf. Iviii. fig. B.). 



A specimen obtained at Levuka is remarkable for having ten dorsal sjjines only. As 

 I cannot detect any other marked difference from a specimen with eleven or twelve 

 dorsal spines, I consider this specimen for the present as an individual variety. Length 

 of specimen, 2^ inches, Levuka. 



Caranx speciosus, Forsk, Levuka. 

 Flatax orbicularis, Forsk., Kandavu. 

 Psettus argenteus, L., Levuka. 

 Equida fasciata, Lac, Ovalau. 

 Acantliurus triostegus, L., Ovalau. 

 Acanthurus hlochi, C. V., Ovalau. 

 Acanthurus gahm, Forsk., Kandavu. 

 Acanthurus rhombeus, Kittl., Levuka. 

 Naseus marginafus, C. V., Ovalau. 

 Teutliis marmorata, Q. and G., Kandavu. 

 TeutJm hexagonata, Blkr., Kandavu. 

 Gobius phalana, C. V., Ovalau. 



JEuctenogobius ojjhthalmonema, Blkr., Kandavu. 



Gohius opldhalmonema, Bleek, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., 1856, vol. xii. p. 208. 

 Eudenogohius opMlialmonenia, Gtlir., FiscL Siidsee, p. 180, taf. cxi., fig. 1!. 



Eleotris macrolepidota, Bl., Ovalau. 



Eleotris fusca, Bl. Sehn. , Levuka. 



Eleotris longipinnis, Beuu., Ovalau. 



Periophthahnus holreuteri, Pall., Kandavu. 



Petroscirtes oualanensis, n. sp. 



D. \^, A. 20. The length of the head is a little more than the depth of the body 

 and one-fifth of the total. Snout with the upjier profile obliquely descending forwards. 

 The canine teeth of the lower jaw are very large, those of the upper small. Orbital 

 tentacle none. Diameter of the eye equals the width of the interorbital space. The 

 dorsal fin is not elevated, commences on a line with the posterior margin of the pra3- 

 operculum, ami terminates at a short distance from the root of the caudal. The upper 

 and lower caudal rays prolonged into filaments. Uniform light olive coloured in spirits. 

 Ovalau. Length of specimens, 2^ and 3 inches. 



