295 
water fishes), are unknown. The MuLirp# numberabout 12 
Species of the genera Upeneus, Upeioides, and Mulloides ; 
they are most abundant in the warm seas. 
The Sparip# are numerous. The section of these which 
are vegetable feeders and have incisor teeth is largely repre- 
sented by the genera Girella (Blackfish), Pachymetopon, 
Tephreops, and Haplodactylus; those with molar teeth embrace 
some of the most valuable food fishes of the country, including 
species of Pagrus (the Schnapper), Chrysophkrys (the Black 
Bream), Lethrinus, and Spherodon. The Cirrhitide, also 
very valuable as food fishes, are represented by genera entirely, 
oralmost entirely, Australian; these are Lavvis (the Trumpeters), 
Chilodactylus (the Morwhangs), Nemodactylus, Dactylophora, 
Psilocranium, and Mendosoma,—this last a Chilian genus. 
The ScorP#NID# are more remarkable than numerous ; 
Sebastes and Scorpe@ena are widely distributed genera, but the 
others are for the most part confined to Australian waters, and 
are some of them of peculiar forms. Among these are Glyp- 
tanchen, Pteros, Centropogon (some of them river fish), 
Holoxenus, Pentaroge (the Forty-skew), Agriopus, Aploactis, 
and Synancidium. 
The TEUTHIDIDA number about 10 species, with one or two 
exceptions all habitants of the coral reefs of the north, and of 
wide range. The Brerycips# are few; there is a fine Beryx 
(the Nanygai), found on the East Coast. Three species of 
Trachichthys (a very extraordinary form, peculiar to Australia 
and New Zealand) are known. <fonocentris is said to have 
been found, and the few species of AMyripristis and Holo- 
centrum included in the list of Australian Fishes are all from 
the tropical parts of the country. 
There are five or six species of the Kurtipa#, of the genera 
Pempheris, Neopempheris, and Kurtus. The Potynemips 
are met with chiefly in the estuaries of the Queensland rivers, 
and even in fresh water; there are in all six species known to 
be inhabitants of Australia, and some of these attain a great 
size, 
Six or seven species of Scrmnipm are also found in 
Australia. The Scizena of the Mediterranean is said to be 
the same as the Australian Sciena Antarctica. Otolithus, 
or Teraglin, is a well-known Fish in Sydney. The other 
two genera, Corvina and Umbrina, seem to frequent the 
estuaries and river mouths of Queensland. The XipHitpam 
and TRICHIURID@ are represented, but being Fishes of 
enormous range they present no Australian peculiarity. 
The ACANTHURID#® are numerous, but inhabit chiefly 
the coral seas of the North and for the most are identical 
with the species of the Polynesian seas. The CARANGID™@ are 
in Australia, as in some other parts of the world, a most 
