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This species occurs all along- the eastern coast of Australia, 

 and has been recorded from Cape York to Port Phillip. A 

 specimen in the British Museum is said to be from Tasmania. 

 The specimens recorded by Castelnau from Fremantle dis- 

 trict, West Australia, as S". ciliata''^ are not that species. The 

 Australian Museum has recently received some tine examples 

 from the same locality, from Mr. A. Abjornssen, which differ 

 from 5. ciliata in having smaller scales, a much narrower caudal 

 peduncle, more rays in the dorsal and anal fins, and in lacking 

 the characteristic dark mark at the base of the pectorals. 

 They are evidently identical with Castelnau 's specimens and 

 must, therefore, receive the alternative name, bosiockii, which 

 he proposed in case they should prove distinct from the 

 eastern species. 



Familv SCI^NID^. 



Genus Cvnoscion, GUI. 



CvNOsciox ATELODUS, GWnther. 



Te raglin . 



Otoliihus atelodus, Ogilby, Ed. Fish. N.S.Wales, 1893, 



p. 75, pi. xxiii. 

 Cyiioscion atelodus, Stead, Ed. Fish. N.S. Wales, 1908, p. 67, 

 pi. xxxviii. 

 Three examples of this species, each about a foot long, were 

 taken fifteen miles off Saddle Hill, New South Wales, in 35 

 fathoms. 



Family GERRID.'E. 



Gexus Chthamalopteryx, Ogilbv. 



Chthamaloptervx MKi.BOiRXENSis, Castelnciu. 



Gerres nielbournetisis, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. \'ict., i., 



1872, p. 158, and ii., 1873, p. 37. 

 Chthamalopteryx nu'lhoiinn'iisis, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1887, p. 616, fig. 

 The "Endeavour" collection includes many specimens of 

 this species which were taken at the following stations : — 



Off the east coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait, 40 

 fathoms. 



Off the mouth of the Murray River, South Australia,, 20 



fathoms. 



Fortv miles west of Kingston, South Australia, 30 fathoms. 



Spencer Gulf, South Australia, 20 fathoms. 



South-east of Flinders Island, Investigator Group, South 



Australia, 37 fathoms. 



1 Castelnau— Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict., ii., 1873. p. 135. 



