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Fish from Port Arthur . 
veils is named the Baracoota; and Mr. Lempriere says 
that there is a second species taken at Port Arthur, which 
has much lower dorsal spines, hut is more esteemed as 
an article of diet. This is probably the Thyrsites atun of 
the Histoire des Poissons . The most choice fish in the 
colony is called the ‘Trumpeter/ and weighs, when full- 
sized, eight or nine pounds. A single specimen of this 
was sent, and is doubtless described in this or the former 
part of the paper. 
There are also in the collection several specimens of a 
Hemiramphus , which is known locally by the name of 
Guard Fish. They are only half the full size, which is 
said to be fifteen inches. Several specimens of a JDiodon 
have all the characters ascribed to JD. nycthemerus in 
Cuvier’s monograph (Mem. du Mus ., iv.). Two species 
of Hippocampi arc probably those described ,by White 
and Shaw as inhabitants of Port Jackson. A Rock 
Cod taken in the sea was too much decayed for examin¬ 
ation, the skull being all that could be preserved; and 
several examples of a small freshwater fish were also very 
much injured. The species bears the local name of 
Trout, is said to have an olive colour, with small red 
spots, and to weigh when full-grown about nine ounces. 
It is perhaps the Galaxias truttaceus of Cuvier, or an 
allied species. A Sea Cow mentioned in the list may 
be the Callorhynchus Tasrnanius . A Solea of a suborbi- 
cular form, and having a small square spot on each scale* 
and a freshwater Anguilla , remain undescribed. 
