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Famlli/ CLUPEID^. 



CLUPANODON, Lacdpede. 



CLUPANODON NE0PILCHARDU8, Steindaclmer. 



Pilchard. 



Clupanodon neopikhardus, Steind., Denk. K. Akad. Wein. Wiss. 

 xli., p. 12. 



Station 26. 



As we have not the above quoted work in our Hbrary I am 

 unable to refer to the description of this species ; for the same 

 reason I am. debarred from consulting many other papers by Dr. 

 Steindachner. 



The only Pilchard obtained by the " Thetis " Avas a partially 

 digested example ejected by a dory. 



FamUy SYNODONTID^. 



TRACHINOCEPHALUS, Gill. 

 TRACHINOCEPHALUS MYOPS, Forster. 



Salmo myops, Forst. MS. Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 1801, 



p. 421. 

 Taurus trachinus, Schleg., Fauna Japon., Pisces, 1850, p. 231, 



pi. cvi., fig. 2. 



Station 23. 



By no means uncommon in and ai'ound Port Jackson, this 

 species appears not to have been recorded from elsewhere in Aus- 

 tralian waters. Considering its wide distribution, it should be 

 found on the eastern, northern and western seaboards. The only 

 example taken in the trawl of the " Thetis" was netted in 16-19 

 fathoms oE Newcastle. 



S Y N O D U S (Gronotv), Bloch <k Schneider. 



SYNODUS TUMBIL, Bloch. 



Salmo tumbil, Bloch, Ichth. iv. 1797, p. 112, t. 430. 

 Saurus undosqiiamis, Rich., Voy. Ereb. and Terr., Ichth. 1844, 

 p. 138, pi. li., figs. 1-6. 



Station 21. 



Our example was trawled in Newcastle Bight in 28-40 fathoms 

 and measured 456 mm, (IS inches) in length. To the already 



