66 -ENDEAVOUE" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



Dactvlosparus carpoxemus, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 

 Morwong. 



Chilodactylus carponenius (Cuvier and Valenciennes), Ogilby, 

 Ed. Fish. N.S. Wales, 1893, P- 55) pl- xviii. 



The collection includes six young examples, 125-145 mm. 

 long, which have much deeper bodies than adult specimens, 

 and are marked with a round dark spot on the lateral line 

 below the posterior part of the spinous dorsal. They were 

 obtained off the east coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait, 

 and between Port Stephens and Newcastle, New South Wales, 

 22-60 fathoms. 



Dactvlosparus macropterus, Forsier. 



Jackass Fish, Silver Perch, Terakihi. 



(Plate xii.) 



Chilodactylus macropterus (Forster), Ogilby, Ed. Fish. N.S. 

 Wales, 1893, p. 57. 



This common species is represented from the following 

 localities : — 



Off the east coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait. 



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

 fathoms. 



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



Familv TERAPONID.'E. 



Genus Helotes, Cuvier. 



Helotes sexlixeatus. Quay and Gaimard. 



Butter Fish. 



Terapon sexlineatus, Quoy and Gaimard, \'oy. "Uranie," 

 1824, p. 340, pi. Ix., fig. I. 

 Two specimens of this species were secured in the Mel- 

 bourne market by Mr. Dannevig, which probably came from 

 South Australia. They were called Butter-fish by the fisher- 

 men. 



Family M^.NID^. 

 Genus Emmelichthvs, Richardson. 

 Emmelichthvs nitidus, Ricliardson. 



Emmelichthys nitidus, Richardson, Zool. Ereb. & Terr., 

 Fishes. 1845, p. 47, pi. xxix., figs. 7-8. 

 Two small specimens were obtained thirty-six miles off Cape 

 Everard, Victoria, in 75 fathoms. It is probable that they 



