FURTHER ICHTHYOLOGICAL MISCELLANEA. 
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LUTJANUS COATESI Whitley. 
Lutjanus coatesi Whitley, Mem. Qld. Mus. x, 1934, p. 176, pi. xxvi, fig. 2 and text fig. 1. 
Helix Reef, Queensland. 
Id. Whitley, Austr. Zool. viii, 1937, pp. 210, 224, 231 and 269. 
I was surprised to find this species of Red Bass at Elizabeth Reef, nearly 100 
miles north of Lord Howe Island. Possibly the outer Coral Sea fishes impinge on the 
Great Barrier Reef opposite Townsville, but do not transgress into the better known 
waters inside the Great Barrier Reef. 
Genus APRION Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830. 
APRION VIRESCENS PLACIDUS, subsp. nov. 
A'prio)i vii’eficen.'i Cuvier and Vakaicicnnes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. vi. Sept. 1830, p. o44, pi. 
clxviii. Seychelles. 
One specimen, nearly 16 inches overall, has the following characters : — 
D. x/11 ; A. iii/8 ; L. lat. 50. L. tr. 8/1/16. 
Head (110) 3*4 depth (87) 4*3 in standard length (375). 
Eye (25) 4-4, interorbital (37) 3 in head. Upper jaw (48) equal to pectoral 
(48). 5 to 7 rows of cheek scales. 
Agrees closely with Cuvier and Valenciennes' description except that coloration 
in formalin is greyish brown, the depth is less than 4 in standard length, eye more than 
4 in head, and the upper jaw comparatively longer. 
Locality. — Rib Reef, ToAvnsville. Presented by Mr. George Coates. Queensland 
Museum regd. No. I. 5307. Others were taken at the same jdace. 
A friend of mine has shown me photographs of specimens wdnch he caught in 
the Seychelles where the species is called “ Job.” Thus Jobfish could be used as a 
vernacular name in Australia, 
Mesoprion microchir Bleeker, 1852, differs from the Queensland fish in propor- 
tions of eye, jaws, and preorbital in head. Kner's description of Sparopsis is not 
available to me, but in view of the differences noted above, it is evident that the 
Queensland fish requires a new subspecific name, and Mr. Coates' specimen is designated 
type of the subspecies, placidus. 
Eamily NEMTPTERIDAE. 
Genus SCOLOPSIS Cuvier, 1816. 
SCOLOPSIS REGINA, sp. nov. 
Scolopsis temporalis McCulloch, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales xlvi, 4, Nov. 30, 1921, p. 469, 
pi. xl, fig. 3, and of Australian authors. Not Scolopsides temporalis Cuvier and Valenciennes, 
Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, 1830, p. 341, from Waigiou. 
The Australian fish, hitherto known as Scolopsis temporalis (Cuv. & Val.) is 
evidently atypical, as McCulloch himself noted, and may be renamed. It lacks the 
ring of colour behind the eye, and the marks on the body which are characteristic of 
true temporalis. 
