24 ON NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF FISHES 
southern shores in large shoals during the winter months. 
Southport, J. Douglas Ogilby ; Cat. No. 686. 
Hyperlophus copii Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales, 
xxi, 1897, p. 72: Maroubra. Same as preceding. Mud 
Island ; J. Douglas Ogilby ; Cat. No. 413. 
Aulopus purpurissatus Richardson, Icon. Pisc., p. vi, 
pl. iu, fig 3, 1843. Occasionally taken on the Snapper 
Grounds off Moreton Bay, and ranging northward to Laguna 
Bay, Tewantin, whence I received a specimen through the 
courtesy of Mr. V. H. Jeff; Cat. No. 156. Also one from 
Mount Tempest ; C. Russell ; Cat. No. 339. 
Thunnus thynnus (Linneus), Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 297, 
1758. I have examined two specimens of Thunnus, the first 
taken in Port Jackson, the second in Moreton Bay, and was 
unable in either case to find any characters by which they 
might be differentiated from the Mediterranean fish. 
Trachurus declivis Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, i, Fish. 
p. 68, 1842: King George’s Sound. Visits our coast during 
the winter months. Cape Moreton; C. Sigley ; Cat. No. 95. 
Apogon roseigaster Ramsay & Ogilby, Proc. Linn. 
Soc. N. 8S. Wales, xi, 1887, p. 1101: Port Jackson. 
Abundant in the Brisbane River. 
Apogonichthys auritus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. 
Nat. Poiss., vu, p. 443, 1831: Mauritius. Two examples ; 
Dunk Island ; E. J. Banfield ; Cat. No. 473: One example ; 
Bell’s Swamps, in fresh water ; W. Weatherill. 
Acanthistius serratus Cuvier & Valenciennes, ibid., 
ll, p. 399, 1828: King George’s Sound. Two examples ; 
Point Lookout ; E. H. Shearwin ; Cat. No. 425. 
Chilodactylus fuscus Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 
Wales, ii, 1879, p. 376: Port Jackson. One specimen ; 
Moreton Bay ; V. H. Jeff ; Cat. No. 172. 
Verreo oxycephalus Bleeker, Notices Ichth., p. 7, 1862: 
Japan. One example; Arkwright Shoal; H. W. Haseler ; 
Cat. No. 269. 
Acherodus badius Ogilby, Edib. Fish & Crust. N.S. 
Wales, p. 134, 1893: Port Jackson. Not uncommon in the 
shop windows during the winter of 1906; not observed 
during that of 1907; again common in 1908. 
Platyglossus immaculatus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N. 8. Wales, 11, 1878, p. 363: Port Darwin. One specimen ; 
Dunk Island; E. J. Banfield ; Cat. No. 484. 
