Dr. A. Giinther 07i new Species of Fishes. 391 



than the snout, two sevenths of the length of the head, situated 

 far below the upper profile. The maxillary does not extend 

 to beloAV the middle of the eye. Cleft of the mouth oblique, 

 ■svith the lower jaw slightly projecting, some of the lower 

 canines horizontally projecting forwards. Pra^orbital very 

 narrow. The lateral line ascends from its origin towards the 

 third dorsal spine, and runs close to the upper profile, the scales 

 above it being minute. The scales on the head advance nearly 

 to the end of the snout. Vomer with a transverse series of 

 very strong conical teeth ; a short patch of small teeth on the 

 palatines ; tongue smooth. Dorsal spines slender, gradually 

 increasing in length, the last being as long as the head with- 

 out snout. The soft dorsal and anal high. Caudal emarginate. 

 Pectoral broad, rather shorter than the ventral, which extends 

 to the vent. Uniform reddish (in spirits). 



Two specimens, 9^ inches long, from Tasmania ; presented 

 by Morton Allport, Esq. 



The occurrenceof this genus in the Tasmanian seas is another 

 interesting instance of the affinity of the Antarctic and Euro- 

 pean fish-faunas. Only one species was previously known, 

 Callanthias peloritanus'^ . 



Anthias BicTiardsonii, Gthr. 

 This fish occurs also on the coast of New Zealand, Scorpis 

 Hectori of Hutton (' Fish. New Zealand,' p. 4, fig. 4) being 

 evidently the same species. 



Serranus Damelii. 



D. ij. A. l L. lat. 120. 



The height of the body is contained thrice in the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head twice and one 

 third. Head strongly compressed, elongate. Snout rather 

 pointed, the maxillary extending to behind the eye. Eye 

 immediately below the upper profile, its diameter one sixth of 

 the length of the head, and two thirds of that of the snout, 

 more than the width of the interorbital space. The vome- 

 rine teeth in a narrow band, angularly bent ; teeth on the 

 palatine bones in a very narrow strip. The denticulations at 

 the angle of the prajoperculum are not coarser than those 

 above. The second to sixth dorsal spines about one third the 

 length of the head. Anal rays considerably longer than tliose 

 of the dorsal fin. Caudal rounded. Body and fins blackish, 



* By a misprint in Cat. Fish. i. p. 87 the lateral line of that species 

 ia stated to be 22-24 ; it ought to be 42-44. 



