20 REPORT — 1842. 



SpAROIDE-ffi. 



23. Pagrus guttulatus (C. andV. 6. p. 160.). 



M. Lesson procured this fish in the mouth of one of the rivers of New 

 Zealand, and Peron and Quoy and Gaimard found it on the coasts of New 

 Holland. 



24. Pagrus micropterus (C. and V. 6. p. 163.). 



The account of this species in the ' Histoire des Poissons ' was drawn up 

 from a specimen which was taken in the ffistuary of the river Thames, New 

 Zealand, by Mess. Quoy and Gaimard. 



25. Pagrus latus (Rich. Annals, ix.p. 392). (Sciama lata, Solander, p. 2.5; 

 Sc. aurata, G. Forster, 2. t. 208 ; J. R. Forster, apud Schn. ; Labrus aura- 

 tits, Bl. Schn. p. 266.) 



Solander procured this fish between Owhooragi and Opooragi, and Forster 

 found it on the second voyage in Queen Charlotte's Sound. The natives of 

 the latter locality name it " ghoo-paree." 



Pagrus guttulatus (C. and V.) ; P. unicolor (C.and V.) ; Pentapus vitta 

 (C. and V.) ; P. iris (C.and V.); Lethrinus cyanoxdnthus (Icbn.Phc.~4'.f*l); 

 L.cinnabarhius (Id. 4. f.2);and Oblata tricuspidata (C.and V.) are Sparoid 

 forms which have been detected in the Australian seas. 



We have the Mamoid Gerres subfasciatus (C. and V.), and G. Jilamento- 

 sus (C. and V.) from the same seas, which likewise produce the following. 

 ChcEtodontoidecz : Drepane punctata (C. and V.), Chelmon marginalis (An- 

 nals), Platax leschenaldi (C. and V.), PL orbicularis (C. and V.), and 

 Scorpis georgianus (C. and V.). No Anabasidea have as yet been brought 

 from New Holland. 



SCOMBEROIDEJE. 



26. Scomber (scombrus) solandris. (Scomber scombrus, Solander, p. 31 ; 



Richardson, Annals.) 

 Solander observed a mackerel in Queen Charlotte's Sound, which he thought 

 was the well-known European species. He neither describes nor figures it, 

 but merely mentions the number of its rays, and states that the ordinary size 

 of the fish is greater than in Europe. It is probably the Scomber loo of the 

 ' Histoire des Poissons.' 



27. Thyrsites atun, altivelis (Rich. Zool. Tr. iii. p. 119). (Scomber splen- 

 dens, Solander, p. 37 ; Scomber dentex, G. Forster, ii. t. 216; Sc.dentatus, 

 J. R. Forster, MS. II. 58, apud Bl. Schn. p. 24. 



Solander saw this fish in Murderer's Bay, and the Forsters found it in 

 Queen Charlotte's Sound, and learnt that its native name was " maga." So- 

 lander's description is full and characteristic, and the figure corresponds pretty 

 well with a specimen from Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land, which is de- 

 scribed in the 'Zoological Transactions.' An actual comparison of specimens- 

 is required to decide whether it be the same with the Thyrsites atun of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, described in the 'Histoire des Poissons,' viii. p. 137, 

 pi. ccxix. 



28. Gempylus solandris (C.and V. viii. p.216). (Scomber macrophthalmus, 

 Solander, p. 40 ; Parkinson, ii. t. 91 ; Gempylus solandris, Annals, ix.) 

 The account of this inhabitant of the seas washing Eaheenomauwee, in the 



'Histoire des Poissons,' rests upon Solander's description and Parkinson's 

 figure. Some passages are quoted from Solauder in the ' Annals of Natural 

 History.' 



