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RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 
distribution of the species there can be no doubt, and it is inter- 
esting to notice that the forms having the most extensive range 
are either bathybial or pelagic in habit. 
Decapterus SANCTffi-HELENiE, Cuvier and Valenciennes , 
To this species I refer a fine example obtained by Mrs. T. Nichols 
last year. It measures 310 mm. in length and though not in very 
good condition, exhibits all the features of the species with the 
exception of the character of the first dorsal spine, this is short, 
not half the length of the second and is correspondingly feeble. 
I have assumed that Steindachner is correct in regarding Caranx 
muroadsi , Temminck and Schlegel, as synonymous with D. sanctce- 
helence. 
Trachinotus russelli, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 
This species is incidentally mentioned by Ogilby* as occurring 
at Lord Howe Island, but as the reference might easily be over- 
looked, attention is here drawn to it. The specimens in the 
Museum were received from Mr. Icely. 
Brama raii, Bloch. 
Castlenau has recorded this species from Port Jackson, but 
doubt has since been thrown upon his identification. We have 
an example in the Museum, obtained from Lord Howe Island by 
Mr. Icely, so that Castlenau’s record w T as doubtless correct. It 
has the characteristically deeply forked caudal of the species, and 
the radial formula is D iii. 33 * A. ii. 28. Like Lampris luna (a 
notice of which recently appeared in this publication), Brama raii 
is a large pelagic fish, widely distributed and descending to con- 
siderable depths ; any new recorded habitat, though interesting, 
is therefore not surprising. 
Epinephelus fasciatus. Forskal. 
This species is represented from the island by a fine example, 
300 mm. in length. Previously it was known from Darnley Island 
in Torres Straits, which gave it a place in the Australian fauna. 
We have other two specimens in the collection, one of which is 
from Port Moresby, British New Guinea, possibly an unrecorded 
habitat. 
Therapon jarbua, Forskal. 
This widely distributed species has been recorded from the 
north and north-east coast of the continent, and a single example 
obtained by Mr. Icely, enables me to add it to the fauna of Lord 
Howe Island. 
# Ogilby— Edible Fishes N.S.W., 1893, p. 90. 
