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Collection of Fish 
Aleuteres paragaupatus (Nob.). Trim Leather 
Jacket. Al ,, retro-scabcr; dor so depresso ex ore 
usque ad pinnam secundam fere recto ; ventre regu¬ 
larity arcuato; pinna cdudce rotundatd , sub finem 
nigro-fasciata ; colore corporis murino; fascia pallida 
(flavA) e mento per pinnam pectoralem medio in 
latere tracta , sub qua lined ccerulea; lined altera 
ccerulea i mento per oculum et ultra extensd; corpore 
subtits et postich cceruleis guttis pulchrh interstincto . 
Radii:— P. 12; D. 2—34; A. 32; C. 12. 
This handsome Alcuteres is named in allusion to the 
striped tipper vestments of the Roman ladies. Like the 
preceding, it is a small-sized fish. One of our specimens 
had the gut and the whole abdomen distended by a large 
Idotea , full of roe, not at all crushed, and apparently 
little digested : a portion of its tail fin protruded at the 
anus of the Aleuteres . 
The Aleuteres Ayraud of Shark Bay (Quoy et Gaimard) 
differs from this and the preceding species in the dorsal 
spine having only two rows of prickles, and in the dorsal 
fin having a concave outline, and reaching to the caudal 
fin. It is also differently striped, and no spots are men¬ 
tioned. The Aleuteres spilomclanurus taken by the same 
naturalist at Port Jackson resembles the Port Arthur 
fish in the form of the dorsal spine and shape of the three 
vertical fins, but the numbers of the rays in the dorsal 
and anal are different: there are no spots on the body, 
and merely a single dark line extending from the angle 
of the mouth along the higher part of the sides. In both 
the Port Arthur Aleuteres the minute prickles of the 
skin, when examined by a good microscope, appear to be 
solitary, and to spring from a globular base. 
Callorhynchus Tasmanius (Nob.). Tasmanian Cal- 
lorhynchus. CaZZ., pinnis pectoralibus ad, ventrales 
liaud attingcntibus; pinna dorsi secunda pone ven- 
