flO ICIITHYOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Family Soleidae. 



Genus Soleichthys, Bleeker. 



Soleichthys, Bleeker, Act. Soc. Reg. Sci. Ned. Ind. vi., 1859, p. 183 (S. heterorhinos, Blkr.). No 

 definition. 



This genus is well distinguished from Solea by a combination of smaller characters. The upper 

 anterior nasal tube is greatly developed instead of small, overlapping the eye. The gill-membranes are 

 connected with the rayed portions of the pectorals instead of with their bases. The right pectoral is 

 formed of several partly free rays, the upper of which are much longer than the others ; in Solea the 

 fin is rounded with the rays completely united by membrane. The lower surfaces of the dorsal and anal 

 rays are naked, except in the posterior portions of the fins, while they are scaly in Solea. The eyes are 

 juxtaposed instead of separated, and the lower lip bears a more or less developed fleshy tubercle in 

 Soleichthys. 



Soleichthys is related to Synaptura, subg. Zebrias, through S. japonicus Bleeker. That species 

 agrees in all its characters with Soleichthys except that the dorsal and anal fins are united with the 

 basal half of the caudal. It differs from Zebrias in having the anterior nasal tube produced, and the 

 lower surfaces of the dorsal and anal rays almost entirely naked. 



The genus is represented in New South Wales waters by S. microcephalus, Giinther. 



Family Blenniid^. 



Genus Blennius, Linnesus. 



Blennius tasmanianus, Richardson. 



Blennius tasmanianus, Rich., P.Z.S., 1839, p. 99, and Tr.Z.S. hi., 1849, p. 129; Waite, Rec. 

 Austr. Mus. vi. 3, 1906, p. 205, pi. 36, 5. 



Blennius castaneus, Macleay, P.L.S.N.S.W. vi., 1881, p. 5 (Not B. castaneus, Castelnau, 1861). 



The only specimen now in the Macleay Museum labelled as B. castaneus is a single example said 

 to have been obtained at Port Stephens, whereas Macleay's type was secured in Port Jackson. It has 

 sixteen instead of thirteen dorsal ravs as described, and is completely bleached. It is identical with 

 B. tasmanianus, and I think it probable that Macleay's description of B. castaneus is inaccurate, and 

 really refers to the same species. 



Genus Petroscirtes, Ruppell. 

 Petroscirtes anolius, Cuvier &- Valenciennes. 

 Oyster Blenny. 

 (Plate x. ; fig. 2). 

 Blennechis anolius, C. & V., H.N.Poiss. xi., 1836, p. 288. 

 Petroscirtes anolis, Gthr., Cat. hi., 1S61, p. 238. 

 Blennius unicornis, Castelnau, P.L.S.N.S.W. hi. 4, 1879, p. 384. 

 .'Petroscirtes guttatus, Macleay, P.L.S.N.S.W. vi. 1, 1881, p. 9. 

 Petroscirtes cristiceps, Macleay, Ibid. 



Petroscirtes wilsoni, Macleay, P.L.S.N.S.W. ix. 1, 1884, p. 171. 



Salarias galeatus, de Vis, P. Roy. Soc. Qld. i., 1884, p. 147, and Ibid ii. 1, 1885, p. 59. 

 Pelroskirtes anolius, Ogilby, P. Roy. Soc. Qld., xxiii., 1910, p. 50. 



