REPORT ON THE SHORE FISHES. 45 



Antenna riu s ; the soft dorsal and aual rather bug; pectoral with the upper portiou 

 detached. The gill-opening is reduced to a small foramen at the lowermost part of the 

 root of the pectoral fin. 



Tetrahrachium oceUatmn, n. sp. (PI. XIX. fig. C). 



D. 1/1/1/18, A. 12, P. 4/5, V. 5. The head and body are strongly compressed, the 

 trunk being very short ; the neck is raised into a convex hump, the mouth looking 

 upwards, transverse, without being cleft down the sides of the snout. The fii'st and 

 second dorsal spines are close together, situated above the upper lip, the first being very 

 short and slender, the second as long as the mouth is wide and fringed. The third is 

 again very small and delicate, and occupies the middle of the nape. Dorsal and anal 

 rays short, enveloped in a tight membrane. Caudal rounded. The upper four pectoral 

 rays form a separate portion ; the lower part of the fin being horizontally spread out, and 

 with the inner ray attached to the body in its whole length ; also the ventral fins are 

 attached to the side of the body by a loose membrane by which a kind of recess is 

 formed. Eyes very small, prominent, covered by the general integument. The upper 

 half of the fish is brownish, with numerous white ocelli greatly varying in size ; they 

 extend on the dorsal fin, but all the other fins are white, without any spots. South of 

 New Guinea. Length of specimen, 2f inches. Station 188 ; 28 fathoms. 



Sicydium, sp.. Fry., freshwater at Api, New Hebrides. 

 Congrogadus subducens, Rich. Station 186 (trawl). 

 Mugil ivaigiensis, Q. and G., Somerset. 

 Glyphidodon septemfasciatvs, C. V., Raine Island. 

 Glyphidodon sovdklus, Forsk., Raine Island. 



Heliastes roseus, n. sp. (PI. XX. fig. D). 



D. V, A. f , L. lat. 26, L. transv. -^. The height of the body is contained twice and 

 two-thirds in the total length (without caudal), the length of the head three times. Eye 

 very large, scarcely two-fifths of the length of the head. Snout extremely short, with 

 the cleft of the mouth very oblique ; maxillary narrow, not extending to below the 

 middle of the eye. The lateral line pierces two or three scales behind the head, is then 

 interrupted, and proceeds close to the base of the dorsal fin, at the end of which it stops. 

 Caudal fin subtruncated. Pectoral with a broad base extending to the origin of the anal 

 fin. Scales very finely ciliated. Uniform rose coloured. Off" Ki Islands. Length of 

 specimen, 2^ to 3^ inches. Station 192 ; 129 fathoms. 



Xiphochilus quadrimacukitus, n. sp. (PI. XX. fig. C). 



D. 1^2^ A. x^j, L. lat. 30, L. transv. 2^/1 0. The height of the body is rather less 



