FISHES— WAITK. Ill 



When Ofrilby described Percis novfn-cambi'ire,* he considered 

 tliat this was the species upon whicli P. nebiiJosits, Q. & G., had 

 been assigned to the Australian fauna, and in his catalogue,! lie 

 wrote under /'. iwva'-ranibrid- : — " This species has been con- 

 founded by Australian naturalists with the Percis nebulos'tin of 

 Quoy and Graiinard, from whicli, however, it is veiy distinct." 



It is to be remarked, however, that the identification of Aus- 

 ti-alian specimens rested witii Quoy and Gl-aimard, and I now 

 propose to support their action. In the Museum Collection is 

 a specimen labelled P. nehulosus. This is certainly not P. novca- 

 camhria', and agrees so well with the description of the first 

 named species that I have thereto assigned it. From this speci- 

 men the type of P. coxi\ does not differ. It is a faded example 

 of P. nehulosiis, and was obtained in Port Jackson. 



The following species are now to be regarded as belonging to 

 the fauna of New South Wales : — 



Parapercis nebidosus, Quoy & G-aim. (*? P. mac^data, Bl. Schn.). 



P. allporti, Giinth. (Twofold Bay). 



P. novce-cambrice, Ogil. 



P. ocularis, Waite. 



Parapercis ocularis is apparently a denisen of deeper water. 

 It was very sparingly taken about 30 fathoms, but abundantly 

 so in the deepest areas tried, namely, 80 to 84 fathoms. The 

 large size of the eye is in accord with the ascertained vertical 

 range. 



CENTROPERCIS, Ogilbtj. 



CENTROPERCIS NUDIVITTIS, Ogimj. 



(Plate xi., fig. 2.) 



Centropercis nudivittis, Ogil., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2), 1895, x., 

 p. 320. 



Station 46. 



The example obtained is but the second known and was taken 

 eight miles south of Maroubra Bay, where the type was collected. 

 It is much larger than the type, measuring 103 mm. in length, 

 and advantage is taken to slightly amend the original description. 



The number of tubular scales on the lateral line is twenty- 

 seven, and not eighteen merely, as stated ; the naked bands along 



* Ogilby— Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2), x., 1896, p. 228. 



t Ogilby— Cat. Fishes, N.S.W., 1886, p. 30. 



X Ramsay— Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., viii., 1883, p. 179. 



