REPORT ON THE SHORE FISHES. 5 



surface fishes, adding to its fauna several forms which had escaped the notice of 

 previous observers ; the occurrence of Blennophis ivebhi, so far south, is a curious 

 fact. Ascension, like St Helena, has several fishes which hitherto have not been found 

 elsewhere ; but their distinctive characteristics are merely specific, not generic. 



Carcharias obscurus, Les. 

 Serranus impetiginosus, M. and T. 

 Sargus argenteus, C. V. 

 Holocentrum longipinne, C. V. 

 Lichia glauca, L. 

 Caranx ascensionis, Forst. 

 Blennophis webbi, Val. 

 Antennarius multiocellatus, C. V. 

 Glyjjhidodon saxatilis, L. 



Julis ascensionis, Q. and G., 



In specimens 3 inches and 4 inches in length, the sides are of very light colour, and 

 traversed longitudinally by a dark purplish band proceeding from behind the operculum, 

 above the pectoral fin to the root of the caudal. Dorsal with a black spot between the 

 first three spines ; the rest of the fin greenish along its basal portion, and with a blackish 

 intramarginal band, the tips of the rays being whitish (in spirits). Anal greenish, with 

 a bright coloured longitudinal band ; caudal uniform light yellowish. In a specimen 

 5g inches long, there is a darker shade on the upper parts of the body, and no trace of 

 the longitudinal band on the side ; the coloration generally is much darker, and there is 

 a vertical dark line on most of the scales ; in other respects the coloration of the four 

 specimens is similar. 



Belone trachura, C. V. 

 Murcena moringa, Cuv. 

 Monacanthus scri^jtus, Osbeck. 

 Balistes vetula, L. 

 Batistes buniva, Lac. 



3. St Thomas (West Indies) and the Coast of Beazil. 



The naturalists of the Expedition had only a few opportunities of collecting shore 

 fishes in this part of the Tropical Atlantic, viz., at St Thomas (March 24, 1873) ; ofi" 

 Pernambuco (September 10) ; and Bahia (September 14). Of these localities, the sea ofi" 

 Pernambuco, described in the List of Stations as No. 122, yielded some interesting 

 novelties ; the fishes were obtained by means of the trawl in depths varying from 32 



