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Inhabits rocky shores, and is not common. Specimen caught by the hook, on the 4th April, 1841. Good eating. No. 21. HELOTES? Native names, BOORA, BOWRU, also CHARLUP. The "Pokey," or "small Trumpeter" of the sealers. "Rays, D. 11 1-11; A. 2-11; etc." Inhabits rocky places. Good to eat. Caught by the seine, on the 3rd March, 1841. No. 24. CHEILODACTYLUS GIBBOSUS. Solander. Icon. Ined. Banks.

No. 23. Richardson Zool. Trans. 3, p. 102. Inhabits sandy beaches; is little known to the sealers. Caught in a net, 3rd March, 1841. No. 39. CHEILODACTYLUS CARPONEMUS. C. et V. 5. p. 362. Inhabits rocky shores. Some specimens weigh upwards of sixteen pounds. Caught by hook, 17th May, 1841. No. 42. CHEILODACTYLUS. Native name TOORJENONG. "Black Jew-fish" of the sealers.