48 " THETIS " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



of a verified example for comparison or the necessarj^ literature,, 

 hesitate to take the extreme step. 



Our records show in a very marked and interesting manner the 

 character of the ground frequented by this Ray. It will be 

 noticed that it was taken in consecutive hauls from Station 20 to 

 26, and not again was it met with until the trawl was shot at 

 Station 50, whence it was again uninterruptedly taken to Station 

 54-. The first series was on the sand and mud flats of Newcastle 

 Bight, and the second similar ground in the Shoalhaven Bight 

 and Jervis Bay. Of fifteen Stations, only three were outside this 

 area — namely, Station 1, on the sand banks at the mouth of the 

 Hawkesbury Ptiver ; Station 10, a little further north, where the 

 soundings showed a sandy run ; and Station 58, on the muddy 

 ground off Port Hacking. 



Its geographical range on our coast, as far as ascertained, is 

 from Jervis Bay in the south, nearly to Port Stephens in the 

 •north, and its vertical range from 10 to 48 fathoms. It is, 

 however, commonly taken in 7 fathoms or under within the- 

 harbour of Port Jackson. 



HOLOCEPHALI. 



Famihj CHIM^EID^. 



CHIMERA, Linnceus. 



CHIMERA OGILBYI, Waite. 



Ghost Shark. 



(Plate vi.) 



Chimcera ogilhyi, Waite, "Thetis" Prelim. Report, 1898, p. 56. 



Stations 35, 37, 46. 



When the trawl was raised at 10 p.m. on March 10th the 

 kerosene flares revealed the presence of two Chimeras. This 

 haul (Station 35) was made within two miles of land, just outside 

 Bate Bay, and directly ofi' Port Hacking, in from 22 to 38 

 fathoms of water. Both these specimens were females, and as I 

 much wanted to secure a male, Mr. Parnell kindly consented, on 

 the following day, to run over the same ground ; rock was, un- 

 fortunately, encountered as soon as the trawl was lowered, and on 

 hauling it up it was found that the only fish taken were three 

 Dories. After mending the net in Botany Bay another haul 

 (Station 37) was made, this time further out, in 50-52 fathoms, 



