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Queensland. Length of specimens, Ij to 3j inches. River Mary, near the village of 

 Tiaro. 



Chrysophrys australis, Gthr., Eiver Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 

 Centropogon robustus, Gthr., River Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 

 Platycephalus insidiator, Forsk., River Mary. 



Corvina australis, n. sp. 



D. 10/^.2 9, A. 2/7, L. lat. 49, L. trans. ^. The height of the body is a little more 

 than the length of the head, which is nearly one-fourth of the total (without caudal). 

 Snout convex, with the upper jaw overlapping the lower, longer than the eye, the 

 diameter of which is two-ninths of the length of the head. Dorsal spines very slender ; 

 anal spine rather strong, about one-half of the first ray and one-third of the length of 

 the head. Margin of the prseoperculum very finely crenulated. Coloration uniform 

 sUvery ; upper half of the first dorsal blackish. Queensland. Length of specimens, 

 10 and 11 inches. River Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 



PeriophtJicdmus schlosseri, Pall., Cardwell, Queensland. 



Eleotris compressa, Krefi"t, River Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 



Eleotris macrolepidota, Bl., River Mary. 



Mugil cephalotus, C. V., River Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 



Myxus elongatus, Gthr., River Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 



Atherinichthys nigrans, Rich., Queensland, lat. 27° 9' S., long. 144° 0'; River Mary, 



near the village of Tiaro. 

 Copidoglanis tandanus, Mitch., River Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 



Copidoglanis liyrtli, Steind., Queensland, lat. 27° 9' S., long. 144° O'. 

 Modlurm hyrtli, Steindaclmer, Wien. S. B., 1867, vol. Iv. p. 14. 



Arius australis, Gthr., River Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 

 Arrhamphus sclerolepis, Gthr., River Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 

 Chatoessus erebi, Gthr., River Mary, near the village of Tiaro. 

 (?) Chatoessus erebi, Gthr., Queensland, lat. 27° 9' S., long. 144°. 

 Megalops cyprinoides, Brouss., River Mary. 

 Anguilla mauritiana, Benn., River Mary. 



£. THE FIJI ISLANDS. 



The Challenger stayed at this group from July 25 to August 10, 1874, and a 

 considerable number of species were collected ; but, with one exception, they belong to 

 the common Polynesian forms of this well-known fauna. 



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