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Petroscirtes, sp. (not in g. st.), Ovalau. 



Atherina lacunosa, Forst. (Forst. Descr. An., p. 298; Gthr., Fisch. d. Sudsee, p. 213, 



taf. cxviii., fig. E), Levuka. 

 Pomacentrus scolopsis, Q. and G., Levuka. 

 Glyphidodon xantliozona, Blkr., Levuka. 

 Glyphidodon assimilis, Gthr., Ovalau. 

 Platyglossus trimaculatus, Q. and G., Levuka. 

 Julis dorsalis, Q. and G., Ovalau. 

 Chilinus trilobatus, Lac, Levuka. 

 Cliilinus chlorurus, Bl., Levuka. 

 Pseudoscarus nuchipimctatus, C. V., Kandavu. 

 Pseudoscarus microrhinus, Blkr., Kandavu. 

 Rhomhoidickthys, sp. (?) Levuka. 

 Solea heterorhina, Blkr., Ovalau. 

 Saurus varius, Lac., Ovalau. 



Belone anmdata, C. V., Levuka; Ovalau; Kandavu. 

 Hemirhamphus commersoni, Kandavu. 

 Clupea tenibang, Blkr., Levuka; Kandavu. 

 Megalops cyptrinoides, Brouss., Ovalau. 



Anguilla mauritiand, Benn., fresli-water of Levuka ; Ovalau. 

 Murmia polyuranodoti, Blkr., Ovalau. 

 Doryichthys hrachyurus, Blkr., Ovalau. 

 Batistes stellatus, Lac, Kandavu. 

 Balistes fuscus, Bl. Schn., Kandavu. 

 Batistes aculeatus, L., Kandavu. 

 Tetrodon immacutatus, BL, Ovalau. 

 Ostracion cornutus, L., Ovalau. 

 Ostracion citbicus, L., Ovalau. 



a THE SEA BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA. 



The Challenger proceeded from the Fiji Islands to Api, one of the New Hebrides 

 (August 18, 1874), to Raine Island (August 31), and to Cape York, where the Expedi- 

 tion stayed from September 2 to September 8. Much attention to collecting specimens 

 was paid on the passage to the Arafura Sea, the trawl being used every day in this com- 

 paratively shallow basin ; finally the Aru and Ki Islands were visited (September 9 to 

 Septem.ber 27). 



The fishes collected in this part of the Voyage may be conveniently enumerated separ- 

 ately, as comparatively little had been done previously in the exploration of this fauna ; 



