22 report— 1842. 



speciosus (C.&n&V '.), Psenes leucurus (C. and V.), Temnodon saltator(C.&ndV.), 

 Seriola cultrata, and Capros atistralis (Zool. Tr. iii.). 



SlGANOIDEJE. 



36. Acanthurus triostegus (Bl. Schn.). (Harpurus fasciatus, Forster 

 apud Schn. ; Teuthys mistralis, Gray, King's Voy. to New Holl. ; Acan- 

 thurus triostegus, C. and V. x. p. 137.) 



An inhabitant of the seas of the Mauritius, New Zealand, New Holland 

 and Polynesia. 



Amphacanthus notostictus (Annals), Amph. gymnoparcius (Annals), Amph. 

 lunifrons (C. andV.), Amph. nebulosus (C. and V.), Amph. maculosus (Q. 

 and G.), Acanthurus triostegus (C. and V.), Ac. grammoptilus (Annals), are 

 Australian Siganoidese. 



Mugiloideje. 



37. Mugil forsteri (C. and V. xi. p. 141). (JSlugil albulal G. Forster, ii. 

 t. 239 ; J. R. Forster apud Bl. Schneider, p. 120.) 



Forster states that this mullet ascends the rivers of Dusky Bay in shoals in 

 the month of April. 



Polack says that mullet frequent the deep banks on the eastern coast of 

 New Zealand, and are named " kanai " by the natives. 



Mugilperonii (C. and V.), M. acutus ( C- and V.), M. argenteiis (Q.and G.), 

 Dajaus diemensis (Zool. Tr.), Atherina hepsetoides (Annals), Ath. pectoralis 

 (C. and V.), Ath. presbyteroides (Annals), Ath. endrachtensis (C. and V.), 

 Ath. nigrans (Annals), and Ath. jacksoniana (C. and V.), are New Holland 

 fish. 



GoBIOIDEjE. 



Fish of this family abound in great variety in the seas of New Zealand aud 

 Australia, examples of most of the generic and sub-generic forms described 

 in the ' Histoire des Poissons ' having been brought by voyagers from that 

 district of the ocean. The exposed haunts, singular habits and strange forms 

 of many gobioid fishes subject them to easy capture, and we find accordingly 

 that they form a considerable portion of the collections of the casual visitors 

 of the shores which they inhabit. 



38. Clinus littoreus (C. and V. xi. p. 389). (Blennius littoreus, G. Fors- 

 ter, ii. t. 184 ; J. R. Forster, MS. II. 42, apud Schn. ; Bl. quadridactylus, 

 Bl.'Schn. p. 177.) 



Named " kogop " by the inhabitants of Queen Charlotte's Sound, where 

 the Forsters saw it on the 24th of October, 1774. 



39. Acanthoclinus fuscus (Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, p. 93, pi. xviii. f. 2). 

 This form is peculiar to New Zealand. Mr. Darwin procured his speci- 

 mens in the Bay of Islands. It is remarkable for the number of its anal spines. 

 Mr. Jenyns remarks that the preceding species is probably another member 

 of the genus, but this supposition is discountenanced by Forster's figure, 

 which shows only nine anal rays. 



40. Cristiceps australis (C. and V. xi.p. 102). 



Pcron discovered this fish in Van Diemen's Land, and Quoy and Gaimard 

 afterwards found it in the river at Hobart Town, and drew the portrait of a 

 specimen which measured seven inches. Another paragraph in the ' Histoire 

 des Poissons ' mentions that the last-named naturalists brought three very 

 small examples of the species from New Zealand. » 



