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SCOMBRID.E. 

 GRAMMATORYCNUS BICARINATUS (Quoy & Oainiard).2< 

 In September, IDl"), MeL'iilloch described and figured a speciiiieu of this 

 fish whieli had been taken by trolling a few miles south of the Tweed Heads 

 in June, 1914, this being the first I'ecord of its oceurrence on the Coast of Eastern 

 Australia. It was, therefore, with much pleasure that I recognised a fine 

 specimen among the fishes exhibited in the Fisheries Court at the last Agricul- 

 tural Show. This specimen was captured off Cape Moreton and, though pre- 

 sented to the JMuseum by the Inspector of Fisheries, was surreptitiou.sly taken 

 away and consumed by some uncredited individual. Since then I have been 

 shown liy Mr. C. Dahl a drawing of a fish, taken off Moreton Bay by two 

 Maitland sportsmen, using a trolling rod and line. In this figure not only is 

 the double lateral line correctly shown, but the position of the vertical fins and 

 the number of finlets are accurately given. It would, therefore, appear that 

 this fish annually visits our offshore waters during the winter mouths, and that 

 our failure hitherto to realise the presence of this and allied species is merely 

 due to the lack of proper appliances for their capture. 



TEUTHIDIDiE. 

 TEUTHIS MATOIDES (Ciivier & Valenciennes). '^^ 

 During the latter end of November 1917 the Museum received through 

 tlie courtesy of Mr. A. A. Gilmour, manager of the State Pish Market, an 

 exceptionally fine example of this fish, measuring no less than ■444 mm. To one 

 who only knows the species from preserved specimens the colours of the fresh 

 fish were a revelation. The head and body were of the deepest imperial purple, 

 shading to lilac on the breast and throat, while the outer fourth of the pectoral 

 was brilliantly golden. The vertical fins, however, were without blue lines. 



SCORP.^NID.E. 

 PTEROIS Cuvier. 



Ken to the Queensland species. 

 a'. Pectoral fins extending beyond the base of the caudal (Ptebois). 

 fe'. Interorbita! region deep. 



c'. Genal ridge narrow and feebly spinose. 



d'. Supraorbital filament Icng ; nape naked . . . . . . . . ' ■ volitani,-^ 



d^. Supraorbital filament short ; nape scaly . . . . . . • . 2. lunulata-'' 



C-. Genal ridge broad and densely spinulose. 



e'. Interorbital region deep ; supraorbital filament moderate . . . . 3. kodipintgi" 



" Thijnnus bicarinatas Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. XJranie, Zool., 1824, p. 357, pi. Ixi, fig. 1. 

 " Acanthurus matoides Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 1835, p. 204. 

 " Gasterosteus volitans Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, p. 296 : Amboina. 

 2' Schlegel, Faun. Japon,, Pise, 1842, p. 45, pi. xix : Nagasaki, Japan. 

 28 Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederl. Ind., iii, 1852, p. 450 : Banca. 



