15 Pisces, 
PISCES. 
Serranus acanthophorus^ Boc., = maculato-fasciatus, Stoind., is re- 
described and figured. It belongs to the same subdivision as S. clathrataa 
and nehulifer^ Gir., viz., Paralahrax. lid. 1. c. p. 72, pi. iv. fig. 1, pi. i. 
(ter) figs. 3 & 3 A. 
Serranus maculatus, Bl., with remarks on its synonymy, p. 83 j courta- 
dii, Boc., p. 80, pi. ii. figs. 3 & 3a; capreolus^ Poey, with doubtful 
synonymy, p. 87, pi. iii. fig. 1, pi. i. (tor) fig. 5 ; itaiara^ Licht., = galeus, 
M. & Tr. ?, p. 90, pi. ii. figs. 4 & 4 a, pi. i. (ter) fig. 4 : redoscribod. 
Vaillant & Bocourt, 1. c. 
Serranus guttulatus, sp. n., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 33, 
pi. xi.. Port Jackson. 
[^Serranus'\ Epinephelus rosaceus, sp. n., Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
vii. p. 61, Gulf of California. 
Plectropoma : remarks on the characters of the genus, with table of 
subdivisions ; Vaillant & Bocourt, 1. c. P. fasciatus, Costa {nee Bl., 
nee Risso), renamed Serranus costce ; Steindachner, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixxvii. 
Abth. i. p. 389. 
Lutjanus. Remarks and synoptical table, with divisions based on 
the form of the dental vomerine plate ; Vaillant & Bocourt, I, c. p. 
no. 
Diacopus superhus, sp. n., Castelnau, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 228, 
Australia. 
Pseudambassis, g. n. : small fishes closely allied to Ambassis, but 
having no recumbent spine in front of the dorsal. P. maeleayij p. 43, P. 
elongatus, p. 44, Norman river, Castlenau, op. cit. iii., spp. nu., also Am- 
bassis papuensis, Macleay. 
Acanthoperca, g. n., has much the form of Ambassis, but only one 
dorsal. A. gulliveri^ sp. n., id. V. c. p. 45, Norman river. 
Micropterus sa^mo [«o] 2 Jes, Lac. Northern and southern forms con- 
stitute two distinct varieties, the old name retained for the southern, 
that of acliigan (Raf.) being suggested for the northern. Jordan & 
Brayton, 1. c. p. 30. 
Apogon opercularis, sp. n., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 347, 
pi. vii. fig. 1, Port Darwin. 
Apogonichthys adspersus, sp. n., Castlenau, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 
p. 226, Rockhampton. 
Therapon unicolor^ Gthr. : note on specimens found in a dam near 
Warialda, ova supposed to have been conveyed by birds ; Macleay, 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 16. 
Therapon hilli and terrce-regincOy spp. nn., id. tom. cit. pp. 226 & 227, 
Australia. 
Therapon fasciatus^ Cast., description corrected ; Castlenau, 1. c. iii. 
p. 46. 
Diagramma multivittatum, sp. n., Macleay, 1. c. p. 349, pi. vii. fig. 2, 
Port Darwin. 
Symphysanodon, g. n. Pristipomatidee. S. typus, sp. n., Bleeker, Arch. 
N4erl. xiii. p. 61, fig. l,(d. a. f), New Guinea. 
