4<s2 mb. w. b. alexander on the 



Kyphosid*. 

 Kybhosus sydneyanus, Guntli. Buffalo-Bream. 



GlEELLIDJ, 



Thphb-eops TEPHRiEOPS (Rich.). Buffalo-Bream. 



E NOPLO SID^E. 



Enoplosus abmatus (Shaw). Old-Wife. 



OH'iiTOBONTIDJ!. 



MlOKOCANTHOS STBIGATUS (Cuv. 8f Val.). Footballer. 



Chironkmida 

 Threptebius maculosus, Rich. Spotted Kelp-fish. 



Ohilodactylid*. 

 Goniistids gibbosus, Rich. Magpie-Perch. 

 Dactylophoba nigricans, Rich. Dusky Morwong. 



POMACKNTEID*. 

 Hypsipops MICBOLEPIS, Gilntli. 



L ABRIDiE. 

 PsEUEOLABBOS PAEILUS (Rich.). 



Lepidaplois vulpinus (Rich.). 



AcHjErodus gotjldi (Rich.). Blue Groper. We obtained several of 

 these fish ; they are very good eating when fresh. 



Coris auriculabis, Cuv. Sf Val. Parrot-fish. Probably the commonest 

 fish of the group. Extremely variable in colour, but the dark tip to the 

 operculum is characteristic. Lieut. Emery made drawings of two colour- 

 varieties in 1840. 



Ophthalmolepis lineolatus, Cuv. Sf Val. Rainbow-fish. 



Thalassoma lunaee (Linn.). Crescent-tail. 



Thalassoma aneitense, Guntli. 



These two species of Thalassoma seem always to occur together, and it 

 seems to me probable that they are the two sexes of the same species. 



Odacidj;. 

 Odax kichardsoni, Giinth. Weedie or Rock-Whiting. 

 Oliothops cyanomelas, Rich. Herring-Kale. 



