Fish from Port Arthur. 
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Art. VIII. Description of a Collection of Fish formed 
at Port Arthur, Tasmania. By John Richardson 
M.D., F.R.S. F.L.S. 
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At a meeting of the Zoological Society of London, 
held on the 25th June, 1839, Dr. Richardson read 
the following account of an interesting collection of Fish 
formed at Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land, by T. J. 
Lempriere, Esq., Deputy Assistant Commissary General, 
by directions from Ilis Excellency Sir John Franklin, 
K. C. H., Lieutenant-Governor, and now deposited in 
the museum of the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar. 
The collection contains about thirty species, and the 
paper, which embraces only a part, gives detailed de¬ 
scriptions and anatomical notices of these; several of 
them being also illustrated by very elaborate drawings, 
executed by Mr. Charles M. Curtis with his wonted 
fidelity. The following species are included in the 
present paper, the others being reserved for a future 
communication. 
1. Serranus Rasor. Ser, maxillis valdh squamosis 
apicibus radiorum pectoralium fasciculatis, com- 
pressis, lanceolatis ; pinnis omnibus prater ventrales 
squamosis; radiis aculealis pinna dorsi subaquali- 
bus; fascia oculum chip end caruled per lineam 
lateralem productu. 
Radii Br. 7 —7 ; P. 13; V. 1, 5; D. 10, 21; A. 3, 9; C. 15j, 
The Serranus Rasor, or Tasmanian Barber, is a beau¬ 
tiful fish belonging to that group of Serrani which was 
named Anthias by Bloch, none of which had previously 
been described as inhabitants of the Australian seas 
It agrees with the barber-fish of the Caribbean seas in 
having no elongated dorsal rays, and may be distinguished 
