14 Pisces. 
PISCKSc 
Scorpis californiemis^ sp. n., Steindachner, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixxii. p. 47, 
San Diego. 
Toxotes squamosus. Description of specimens; Hutton, 1. c. p. 210. 
MuLLlDiE. 
BrachymulluSj g- n., for Upeneus tetraspilus, Gthr. ; Bleeker, Verb. 
Ak. Amst. XV. (1875) and Arch. Neerl. xi. p. 333. 
Spakid^. 
The following are figured by Bleeker, Atl. Ichthyol. vi. pt. 30 : — 
Lethrinus ornatus, C. V., (Perc.) pi. Ixxii. fig. 4, callopterus, pi. Ixxiii. 
fig. 3, lutjanus, C. V., pi. Ixxvi. fig. 5, Sparus datnia, Blkr., pi. Ixxvii. 
fig. 4, Pimelepterus lemhus^ C.V., (Chaetod.) pi. ii. fig. 1, waigiensis^ Q. G., 
fig. 2, oblongior^ C. V., fig. 3, cinerascens, Day, fig. 4. 
Pachymetopon squamosum^ sp. n., Alleyne & Macleay, 1. c. p. 275, pi. ix. 
fig. 1, New Guinea. 
Sargus Jcotschii, sp. n., Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, p. 203, and S. 
aurioentris, Peters P, Mauritius, p. 204, Steindachner, op. cit. Ixxiv. 
Puntazzo, g. n., for Charax puntazzo, C. V., renamed annularis ; Bleeker, 
Arch. N(5erl. xi. p. 284. 
Lethrinus laticaud [a^] as and papuensis, spp. nn., Alleyne & Macleay, 
1. G. p. 276, pi. viii. fig. 2, New Guinea. 
Chrysophrys hasta, Bl., Sqmrus schlegeli, Blkr., p. 2, pi. i., datnia, 
Blkr., p. 5, pi. ii., and hasta, Blkr., Schn., p. 9, pi. hi., are redescribed 
and figured as distinct species, with an attempt to fix their synonymy, by 
Bleeker, Versl. Ak. Amst. (2) xi. pp. 1-12. [Gunther arranges them as 
varieties of C. hasta.'] 
%/ Sparus {Chrysophrys) hcterodus, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 833, River Congo. 
Cirrhitida:. 
Paracirrhites forsteri, (Perc.) pi. Ixxi. fig. 5, and amhlycephalus, pi. 
Ixxii. fig. 1, Oxycirrhites typus, pi. Ixxiii. fig. 2, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus, 
pi. Ixxv. fig. 1, and polyactis, pi. Ixxvi. fig. 1, figured by Bleeker, Atl. 
Ichthyol. vi. pt. 30. 
\J Chilodactylus allporti, Gthr., = spectabilis, Hutt. ; A. Gunther, Ann. 
J . H. (4) xvii. p. 393. 
Holoxenus, g. n. Body compressed, covered like the fins with loose 
skin, which is either finely granular or provided with minute scales. 
The greater part of the spinous dorsal forms a separate fin, some of the 
posterior spines being continuous with the soft fin ; three anal spines ; 
caudal rounded ; pectoral rays simple, not prolonged or thickened ; eye 
small ; mouth of moderate width, with bands of villiform teeth; gill 
opening very wide ; four gills with a cleft behind the fourth ; pseudo- 
branchias. Type, II. cutaneus, sp. n. One of the most singular of the 
Tasmanian fishes, forming a passage between the Cirrhitidce and Scor- 
pcenidce. Id. ihid. 
