FISHES.-MCCULLOCH. 5l 



two as stated. I reg^ard this of little importance, however, 

 since Macleay also counted the same fins wrongly in his much 

 larger specimens of Isosillago niaculata, as noted above. 



If these two specimens be regarded as the types of .S. 

 gracilis, that species must be sunk as a synonym of -S'. macu- 

 lata, Q. & G., as both the specimens and the figure agree well 

 with that species. 



Genus Sillago, Ctiviey. 



SiLLAGO BASSEXSis, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Bass J]'hifing, School Jlliiting. 



Sillago bassensis, Cuvier &• Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. , 

 iii., 1829, p. 412; id., Ogilby, Ed. Fish. N.S. Wales, 

 1893, PP- 99' '^^' 102; id., Walte, Rec. Austr. Mus., iv., 

 1902, p. 190; id., Stead, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 XXX., 1906, p. 574, and Ed. Fish. N.S. Wales, 1908, 



p. 65, pi. XXXV. 



Sillago macidata, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. \'ict., i., 1872, 

 p. 94; id., Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1882 (1883), 

 p. 116; id., Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. (n. ser.), ii., 

 1890, p. 26 (after Castelnau); id., Waite, Mem. Austr. 

 Wus., iv., 1899, p. 109; [nee. S. maciilata, Q. & G.). 



Sillago ciliata, Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1882 (1883), 

 pp. 80, 116 {nee S. ciliata, Cuv. & \'al.). 



Manv specimens of this common southern species were 

 preserved. I have counted the fin-rays and scales of forty 

 specimens from New South Wales, \'ictoria, Tasmania, South 

 Australia and \\ est Australia and find them to be as follows : 

 ~D. x.-xi./i8-2o; A. 20-22; 1. lat. 66-68. 



The "P^ndeavour" specimens were taken at the following 

 stations : — 



Off the east coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait. 



Off the mouth of the Murra}- River, South Australia, 20 

 fathoms. 



South-east of Flinders Island, Investigator Group, South 

 Australia, i,y fathoms. 



SiLi.AGO .MACi'i.ATA, Oiloy and (iaimard. 

 Trumpeter Jl'hiting. 



Sillago maculata, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. "Uranie," 1824, 

 p. 261, pi. liii., fig-. 2 ; id., Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., 

 ii., i860, p. 245 (part.); id., Steindachner, Sitzb. Ak. 

 Wiss. Wien., liii., p. 444; id., Alleyne & Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, i., 1877. p. 2-/(); id., Castelnau, 



