Observations on some Tasmanian fishes - Pt XVIII

Two new forms are described: Nannopera australis flindersi subsp.nov. (Nannopercidae) from Fiinders lsland; Kyphosuis diemenensis sp. nov.(Kyphosidae), from the north coast of Tasmania (figured).
One species is added to the local list: Crapatalus arenarius McCulloch, 1915 (Leptoscopidae).
Some miscellaneous observations are made as follows.
Haplochitonidae: Lovettia sealii (Johnston), 1883, specification of a sample, general remarks on whitebait.
Syngnathidae: Urocampus carinirostris Castelnau, 1872, supernumerary opercular ridges, records of pipefish breeding seasons; Leptoichthys fistularius Kaup, 1853, regeneration of caudal extremety, scute development; Lissocampus caudalis Waite & Hale, 1921. disposition of ova in marsupium. Nannopercidae: general remarks on family, descriptions of small samples of Nannopera (australis australis Gunther, 1861 and N.a. tasmaniae(Johnston), 1883, with some results at variance with published specifications, data on 2 undetermined specimens from King lsland, new subspecies as above. Kyphosidae: key to Australian members of family, new species as above (first Tasmanian kyphosid). Xiphiidae: Xiphias gladius Linne, 1758, dimensions of an East Coast example, taxonomic status of the Australian broad bill swordfish. Ophidiidae: Genypterus microstomus Regan, 1903, large examples, key to Tasmanian members of family. Tetraodontidae: Tetraodon armilla McCulloch & Waite, 1915, notes on a specimen, remarks all the family.