•j'jr, 



RECORDS OK TIIK ArsCHAIJAN MrSETM. 



(GulilUs) AI!STI!AI.IS, Oijilhl/. 



(Fig. 5.) 



<.'illirhth,i» „nstnili.<, Opilbv, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales (2), ix., 1894, 

 p. :V«J7. 



((tohiiix) uugtiiilis, McC'iillncli, Rfc. Austr. ^Iiis., xi. 7, ll»17, p. 1S7, 

 pi. xxxi., tipf. '.\. 



\'(iiii(tiini. — Only tlie lai'gest exanijiles of tliis species luivf the 

 nnixillii pi'oiliicL'd backward towards the preoperculnni as descrihed by 

 Opfilby and tiguicd by McCnlloch. A tine series of over one hundred speci- 

 mens, LS-41 mm. hmg, which were taken together in Port .lackson, shows 

 that the mouth is always small in young specimens, reaching only a little 

 beyond the vertical of the anterior border of the eye ; this last decreases 

 in size considerably with growth, and in the largest specimens of the 

 series, the maxilla extends to below its posterior tlurd. lu a 45 mm. 

 specimen, the end of the maxilla is a little behind the vertical of the 

 posterior orbital border, and in one of 58 mm., it is midway between the 

 eye and the preopei'cular maigin. 



FiR. 5. (Cobiiis) aiislralis. A younu specimen '»> mm. lonj;. from Port Jackson 



The body is more slender in the young, l)ut the characteristic colour- 

 niaiking is well developed in even the smallest specimens of our series. 



Locs. — Many specimens, including the holoty|)e, aiu? in the Australian 

 Museum from several localities between Newcastle and Jervis Bav, New 

 S(.uth Wales. 



(GoitUIs) MICKOl'HTIIAI.MrS, (Jiiiitlicr. 



(lohiiif iiiacrosh'iua, Giinthei-, Hrit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iii., 1861, p. H (not 

 of Steindachuer). 



(tobius microphthiiliinis, (liinther, ////(/., p. 550. — Substitute name. 



This species appears to be closely allied to the preceding. 



Hah. — Australia (Giinther). 



