36 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Petroscirtes, sp. (not in g. St.), Ovalau. 



Atherina lacunosa, Forst. (Forst. Descr. An., p. 298; Gthr., Fisch. d. Sudsee, p. 213, 



taf. cxviii., fig. E), Levuka. 

 Pomacentrus scolopsis, Q. and G., Levuka. 

 Glyphidodon xanthozona, Blkr., Levuka. 

 Glyphidodon assimilis, Gthr., Ovalau. 

 Platyglossus trimaculatus, Q. and G., Levuka. 

 Jidis dorsalis, Q. and G., Ovalau. 

 Chilinus trilohatus, Lac, Levuka. 

 Chilinus chlc/i^irus, BL, Levuka. 

 Pseudoscams nuchipunctatus, C. V., Kandavu. 

 Pseudoscarus microrhinus, Blkr., Kandavu, 

 Rhomboidichthys, sp. (?) Levuka. 

 Solea heterorhina, Blkr., Ovalau. 

 Saurus varius, Lac, Ovalau. 



Belone annidata, C. V., Levuka ; Ovalau ; Kandavu. 

 HemirJiamphus commersoni, Kandavu. 

 Clupea tembang, Blkr., Levuka; Kandavu. 

 Megalops cyprinoides, Brouss., Ovalau. 

 Anguilla mauritiana, Benn., fresh-water of Levuka ; Ovalau. 

 Murcena polyuranodon, Blkr., Ovalau. 

 Doryichthys hrachyurus, Blkr., Ovalau. 

 Batistes stellatus, Lac, Kandavu. 

 BalistesfusGus, Bl. Schn., Kandavu. 

 Balistes aculeatus, L., Kandavii. 

 Tetrodon immaculatus, BL, Ovalau.. 

 Ostracion cornutus, L., Ovalau. 

 Ostracion cubicus, L., Ovalau. 



G. THE SEA BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA. 



The Challenger proceeded from the Fiji Islands to Api, one of the New Hebrides 

 (August 18, 1874), to Eaine Island (August 31), and to Cape York, where the Expedi- 

 tion stayed from September 2 to September 8. Much attention to collecting specimens 

 was paid on the passage to the Arafura Sea, the trawl being used every day in this com- 

 paratively shallow basin ; finally the Aru and Ki Islands were visited (September 9 to 

 September 27). 



The fishes collected in this part of the Voyage may be conveniently enumerated separ- 

 ately, as comparatively little had been done previously in the exploration of this fauna ; 



