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I am not certain that Qirella Zonata, G-imtlier (“ Catal. Brit. 
Mus.,” p. 429), is not one of the striped varieties. 
MELANICHTHTS SIMPLEX. ? 
Crenidens simplex ? Richard,, JErebus and Terror, Fishes, 
p. 120. 
Grirella simplex ? Gunther, Catal. Brit. Mus., p. 429. 
This sort is entirely similar to the preceding in general appear- 
ance, and is confounded with it by the fishermen and fishmongers. 
Its only difference consists in its teeth, which are more irregular, 
and without any denticulations or lobes at their edge. I thought 
for some time that these were old specimens, whose teeth had 
been worn ; but they are generally smaller than the specimens 
of Triscuspidata, still I very much doubt their forming a distinct 
species. 
Nota. — Dr. Grunther, in the second volume (1863) of the 
“ Annals and Magazine of Natural History,” p. 115, proposes a 
genus Melambaphes , to contain a Victorian fish, which is said to 
be the Glyphisodon nigroris of Cuvier and Valenciennes, but it is 
impossible for me to recognise this last sort. Glyphisodon nigroris 
was established on a specimen brought from Holland, and having 
been in the cabinet of the Stadtholder ; its locality is unknown, 
but it is almost certainly from the Dutch East Indies, as were 
almost all the sorts coming from that Museum. The very few 
descriptive words given by the French ichthyologists do not permit 
to apply them in particular to any Australian species. Dr. G-unther 
adds that this sort is the Black Perch of the colonists (which is 
the fish I have just described), but there can be no doubt that this 
is Eichardson’s sort, and it cannot be Dr. Gunther’s species, as he 
says that it has the cheeks and opercles covered with very small 
scales. 
NEOTEPHEGEOPS. 
Melanichthys or Girella is distinguished by its operculum without 
scales and the moderately-sized scales of its body ; Tephrceops has 
also the same operculum,but its scales are very small. The new genus 
I propose, has the general form and small scales of the latter, but 
the operculum and prseoperculum are covered with scales. The 
teeth are tri-lobed on the edge, disposed in one external series. 
