474 



Monacanfhiifi (jranido.siis, Giinthov : Cat. Fish. ]h\t. Mns., 

 viii., 1870. p. 243; KlunziiiLrev : Aveli. Nat., xxxviii., 1872, 

 p. 43, and Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. AVien., liii., 1879. p. 421. 



Monacdnthus pcrulifer, Castelnaii : Proc. Zool. Soc, Vict., 

 i., 1872, p. 245. 



Motuiciuithns mai'garififcr, Cast'oliian : Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 Vict., ii., 1873, p. 80, substitute for penilifer; id.: Proc. Linn. 

 Soc, N.S.AV., ii., 1878, p. 247; Macleav : Proc Linn. Soc, 

 N.S.W., vi., 1881, p. 320. 



Monacanthus hrunneiis, Castelnau : Proc. Zool. Soc, Vict., 

 ii., 1873, p. 145 (preoccupied). 



Monacanthus ohseurus, Castelnau : Res. Fish. Aust. (Vict. 

 'Offic Rec Philad, Exhib.), 1875, p. 51, substitute for hninncus; 

 id.: Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., iii., 1879, p. 357. 



Monacanthys damdvu Giinther : Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), 

 xvii., 1876, p. 402, substitute for hrunneus. 



Monacanthus .wnti-joanni, Castelnau: Proc Linn. Soc, 

 N.S.W., ii., 1878, p. 246; Macleav: Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.AV., 

 vi., 1881, p. 321. 



Pseuilomonacanthus (/ranuldtiis, Waite : Rec Aust. Mus., 

 vi., 1905, p. 80, and Inc. rit., vi., 1906, p. 210. 



According- to Giinther's description of C (/runulaf u.^, the 

 dorsal spine has no barbs in front, though they are clearly- 

 shown in Richardson's figure, and are present in all the 

 specimens examined. Giinther's error has led to considerable 

 confusion, and the species has received several names in con- 

 sequence. The accompanying synonymy, which appears to 

 be correct, has already been suggested by Castelnau and 

 Klunzinger in their various papers quoted. 



Gunther has very doubtfully included BaJIsfes papillosus, 

 Linnaeus,''^) in the synonymy of C. (jranulatus. That species 

 is described as having 29 dorsal and 21 anal rays, whereas we 

 find 28-30 dorsal and 26-29 anal rays in 10 specimens; this, 

 together with the fact that the locality of B. papdlnst/s was 

 unknown, leaves nothing to justify its association with 0. 

 grcmi/lafi/s. 



Loc. — Twenty specimens, 66-207 mm. long, are in the 

 Australian Museum collection from Port Jackson, New South 

 Wales, and Fremantle, Western Australia. 



Family OSTRACIIDAE. 



For particulars of the species of this family see the fol- 

 lowing paper, page 477 et. seq. 



Capropygia unistriata, Kaup. 

 Station 2, 22 fathoms; Station 3, 80-140 fathoms; Sta- 

 tion 5, 85 fathoms; Station 6, 85 fathoms; and Station 8, 

 72 fathoms. 



Anoplocapros gibbosus, n. sp. 

 Station 4, 88-94 fathoms. 



(4) Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, ]). 328. 



