ADDITIONS TO THE FISH FAUNA OF LOUD HOWE ISLAND — WAITE. 209 
Pterois zebra, Cuvier and Valenciennes . 
P. volitans proves to be quite common off the Island whence 
we have received many examples. The inclusion of P. zebra , on 
the other hand, rests on the evidence of a single specimen 
forwarded by Mr. lcely. Both species occur in Port Jackson, 
but, similarly, the former is much the commoner, or, as I should 
say, the less rare. Neither species has been recorded on the 
Australian Coast south of Port Jackson, 
Paraperois cylindrica, Bloch. 
Scicena cylindrical Bloch., Iclith., 1797, pi. 299, fig. 1. 
We possess two examples from the Island* one obtained by 
Mr. lcely in 1893, and the other by Mrs. Nioholls in January 
last. Gunther* mentions that a specimen from Aneiteum differs 
from others in the British Museum by having fifty-eight, instead 
of fifty transverse rows of scales, and by the ventral fin reaching 
only to the third, instead of the fifth anal ray. In both our 
specimens there are fifty-four scales in the lateral line; in one, 
the ventrals reach to the third anal ray, in the other, to the 
first only. In an example from the Admiralty Islands there 
are also fifty-four series of scales, while the ventrals reach to 
the fourth anal ray. 
Cri Stic EPS australis, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 
Of the two species originally recorded from the Island, namely, 
C. aurantiacns , Cast., and G. roseus , GiLnth, the latter enters 
Ogilby's genus, Petrdites . A specimen secured by Mr. lcely is to 
be identified with C. australis , Cuv. and Val. Port Jackson 
examples of which Oastelnau designated C. niacleayi. 
* Gunther — Brit. Mua. Oat. Fish, ii., 1800, pp. 239 and 525. 
