REPORT ON THE SHORE FISHES. 35 



Upeneus indicus, Shaw, Kandavu. 

 Uioeneoides vittatus, Forsk., Ovalau. 

 Percis hexophthalma, C. V., Levuka. 



Plesiops corcdlicola, Blkr. (Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., 1853, p. 280 ; Gthr. Fisch. 

 d. Siidsee, p. 87, taf. Iviii. fig. B.). 



A specimen obtained at Levuka is remarkable for having ten dorsal sjDines only. As 

 I cannot detect any other marked difference from a specimen with eleven or twelve 

 dorsal spines, I consider this specimen for the present as an individual variety. Length 

 of specimen, 2^ inches, Levuka. 



Caranx speciosus, Forsk., Levuka. 

 Platax orbicularis, Forsk., Kandavu. 

 Psettus argenteus, L., Levuka. 

 Equida fasciata, Lac, Ovalau. 

 Acanthurus triostegus, L., Ovalau. 

 Acanthurus hlochi, C. V., Ovalau. 

 Acanthurus gahm, Forsk., Kandavu. 

 Acanthurus rhombeus, Kittl., Levuka. 

 Naseus marginatus, C. V., Ovalau. 

 Teuthis marmoixUa, Q. and G., Kandavu. 

 Teuthis hexagonata, Blkr., Kandavu. 

 Gobius phalcena, C. V., Ovalau. 



Ev^ctenogobius ophthalmonema, Blki'.. Kandavu. 



Gohius ophthalmonema, Bleek, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., 1856, voL xii. p. 208. 

 Eiidenogohius ophthalmonema, Gthr., Fiscli. Siidsee, p. 180, taf. cxi., fig. B. 



Eleotris macrolepidota, BL, Ovalau. 



Eleotris fusca, Bl. Schn., Levuka. 



Eleotris longipinnis, Benn., Ovalau. 



Periophthalmus k'olreuteri. Pall., Kandavu. 



Petroscirtes oualanensis, n. sp. 



D. |-|-, A. 20. The length of the head is a little more than the depth of the body 

 and one-fifth of the total. Snout with the upper profile obliquely descending forwards. 

 The canine teeth of the lower jaw are very large, those of the upper small. Orbital 

 tentacle none. Diameter of the eye equals the -nddth of the interorbital space. The 

 dorsal fin is not elevated, commences on a line with the posterior margin of the pi-fe- 

 operculum, and terminates at a short distance from the root of the caudal. The upper 

 and lower caudal rays prolonged into filaments. Uniform light olive coloured in spirits. 

 Ovalau. Length of specimens, 2^ and 3 inches. 



