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Upeneus indicus, Shaw, Kandavu. 

 Upeneoides vittatus, Forsk., Ovalau. 

 Percis hexojyhthabna, C. V., Levuka. 



Plesiops corallicola, Blki\ (Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. lud., 1853, p. 280 ; Gthr. Fisch. 

 d. Siidsee, p. 87, taf. Iviii. fig. B.). 



A specimen obtained at Levuka is remarkable for having ten dorsal spines only. As 

 I cannot detect any other marked difference from a specimen with eleven or twelve 

 dorsal spines, I consider this specimen for the present as an individual variety. Length 

 of specimen, 2^ inches, Levuka. 



Caranx speciosus, Forek., Levuka. 



Platax orbicularis, Forsk., Kandavu. 



Psettus argenteus, L., Levuka. 



Equula fasciata, Lac, Ovalau. 



Acanthurus triostegus, L., Ovalau. 



Acanthurus hlochi, C. V., Ovalau, 



Acanthurus galim, Forsk., Kandavu. 



Acanthurus rhombeus, Kittl., Levuka. 



Naseus marginatus, C. V., Ovalau. 



Teuthis marmorata, Q. and G., Kandavu. 



Teuthis hexagonata, Blkr., Kandavu. 



Gohius phalcena, C. V., Ovalau. • . 



Eu^tenogobiiis ophthalmonema, Blkr., Kandavu. 



Gohius ophthcdmonema, Bleek, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., 1856, vol. xii. p. 208. 

 JEuctenogoMus ophthalmonema, Gthr,, FiscL Siidsee, p. 180, taf. cxi., fig. B. 



Eleotris macrolepidota, BL, Ovalau. 



Eleotris fusca, BL Schn., Levuka. 



Eleotris longip>innis, Benn., Ovalau. 



Periophihalmus kolreuteri, Pall., Kandavu. 



Petroscirtes oualanensis, n. sp. 



D. -}|^, A. 20. The length of the head is a little more than the depth of the body 

 •and one-fifth of the total. Snout with the upper profile obliquely descending forwards. 

 The canine teeth of the lower jaw are very large, those of the upper small. Orbital 

 tentacle none. Diameter of the eye equals the width of the interorbital space. The 

 dorsal fin is not elevated, commences on a line with the posterior margin of the prse- 

 operculum, and terminates at a short distance from the root of the caudal. The upper 

 and lower caudal rays prolonged into filaments. Uniform light olive coloured in spirits. 

 Ovalau. Length of specimens, 2^ and 3 inches. 



