Note on Trachinops taeniatus

This perciform fish apararently has uot been recorded from Tasmania, our specialist, Mr. R. M. Johnston, being unfamiliar with it. Hitherto only two species have been described, one from New South Wales, the other from Victoria. The Tasmaniau form appears to agree with T. taeniatus of New South Wales. The geographical distribution should be an interesting one, judging from the fact that this conspicuous little form is not contained in the collections of the Australian Museum. Evidently it is local and uncommon. A shoal was observed by Mr. A. Kirk opposite the abattoirs, up the Derwent, during the spring of last year. I know of no other records, and it would be interesting to learn if it is found in the Kent and Flinders Groups. This would indicate a broken or continuous distribution, and a part of the fauna of the Bassian coast