ADDITIONS TO THE FISH FAUNA OF LORD HOWE ISLAND — WAITE. 197 
Leptocepiialus cinereus, Ruppell. 
Conger marginatus , Valenciennes. 
This species has been recorded from Torres Straits. The island 
example differs only from the descriptions in being of less uniform 
colouration ; the ground colour is grey, crossed by about fifteen 
irregular more or less complete bands of a darker tint. There is 
a jet black spot near the tip of the pectoral, on the inner side of 
which it becomes a much more extensive blotch. The specimen, 
preserved in formol, has the colours unusually well retained. 
Atopichthys, Carman. 
“ Heretofore certain pelagic, much compressed, band-like, 
translucent to transparent, larval fishes, have been placed in the 
genus Leptocephalus of Gronow, 1763. The type of the genus is 
Leptocephalus Morrisii, Penn., 1776, a larval form which has 
lately been traced to its adult in Mursena conger, Linn., 1758, 
which again was the typical species of Iiisso’s genus Conger, 1826. 
In consequence Leptocephalus has taken the place of Conger as 
the title of the genus, and many of the Leptocephalids which do 
not belong to that genus, and cannot yet be definitely located, 
are left unnamed. That there is a considerable number of these 
larval forms that cannot be placed in Leptocephalus, but that 
belong to various other genera not now determined with sufficient 
accuracy, is evident enough from the figures and descriptions given 
below. Rather than to assign them at random, it is here proposed 
to form a group for these and similar unplaced larvae, Atopichthys, 
in which they may remain until such time as by means of larger 
collections the adult forms and their respective generic affinities 
may be determined.”* 
As this is perhaps the first occasion on which the name Atop- 
ichthys has been used since characterised, I have reprinted Garman’s 
remarks in full. 
In January last the Trustees received from the island a very 
fine larva, collected by Miss Nicholls. I do not propose to name 
this form, and will merely indicate some of its leading features : — 
Body elongate, narrow and slender; greatest depth behind the 
middle, one-fifteenth of the entire length. Head more than twice 
as long as high, 13*3 in the total length. Snout pointed, nearly 
one-fourth of the head. Eyes lateral, 7*5 in the head, situated 
in its anterior half. Mouth large, reaching to below the middle 
of the eye. Upper jaw the longer. Teeth small, inclined back- 
wards. Gill-opening narrower than the eye, extending below the 
base of the pectoral. About one hundred and fifty muscle bands. 
* Garman — Loc. cit p. 325. 
