“ FEB 2 7 194 2 l l z ‘ i n Oo . Ltd 29 Al b rta t and Melbourne Publi sh g , my" e S " Sydney. 1 London a n 4 Ahhur tr t New ord Ltd, 3 , 3 , d S ee , Oxf Street. w.o.z. dne tu fnissl on fl ési as a. ri c al G . P . O S for na odi . y y. , y p pe i . il bert P . W t . B Hull MB E. FR Z.8 G h ley. A F asset , , , " “ Li Roberts Al bert ttlej ohn , and Noel Lee ’ “ Emil Herman zeck . Edwar d John Lees Ha llstroin. Ba sse H l . Honora ry Seoreta ry : A . F . t ul Assista nt Honora ry Sec retary : Miss Betty French . : Honorary Trea surer : Philli p Shi pway. ' ’ n Tom re F sR.Z.S. n rs A s H l a d , Ho orary Edi to : . F . Bas et u l I dale K h A . Hindwood Honora ry Li bra ria n . eit , r o Sti fre FD A . ( us . ) Honora ry Audi tor : Robe t J hn , A t OFFICERS or: Ssqrm s ( 1 94 1 - 4 2 ) ‘ a ri ne zoozd zc a zSec tion. Avicultural Sec ti on . M g ai : Mi s M isi o i ng . Chairman : A . H . Brai n . Ch rman s a e G ld Har . Lee . Hon . Secreta ry : ry B Miss Joan Da vi es . ‘ t rni thol i c a l S ec ti on . Budger ga r Sec tion . O og i r . Chai rman : P . A . G lbe t n : . K as . Hon. Secretary : F . Brennan . Ho . Secretary J Allen e t ‘ ICHTHYOLOGICAL NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS . By G . P . WHITLEY . ‘ mi ssi n h Trustees The Austra li a n Mu eum S ne B er t e s d . ( y p o of of , y y ) - x - (Plates i . ii . and te t figures. ) x Some noteworthy fishes , e amined in recent years , are described or illustrated in this paper , with notes on distribution , taxonomy , and other ” matte rs . As in my Illustrations of some Australian Fishes , published in A x 1 9 4 0 I the ustralian Zoologist , i . , December , , have not repeated such ’ ” references to literature as can be found in Mcc ulloch s “ Check - List (Australian Museum Memoir , v . , I a m. indebted to Dr . H . Thompson , of the Marine Biological L H L . aboratory , Cronulla , New South Wales ; to Messrs . ongman and T C . Marshall , of the Queensland Museum , Brisbane ; and to Mr . K . Salter , Curator of the Macleay Museum , University of Sydney , for placing rare and valuable specimens at my di sposal . Mr . G . C . Clutton , of the Australian Museum , took the photographs . Some of the fishes mentioned hereunder have potential economic i m portance and correct classification is a first step towards systematic knowledge of them . A new Ophidii d from the Great Australian Bight may - prove a good foo d fish in the future . Several remarkable larval or young fishes are recorded from Australia for the first time , and the j uvenile stages of morwongs and trumpeter discussed . A few notes made in overseas ‘ museums before the war have been included . Family CLUPEIDAE . E A O S U L A A u . 1 84 7 C S BBREVIATA ( C v . Val , ) a r I was unable to trace the type of H engul a a bbrevi a ta C uv . 81. Val . , 1 4 ’ i r 8 7 , in the Museum National d H stoi e Naturelle Paris , where the only “ - specimen so called was acquis en é change du Musee Australien de Sidney, 1 1 1 K a la 2 866 . 1 4 4 80 wa s Juin , No . This the same species as ow c a telna i b 1 89 m m s u Ogil y , 7 , from Sydney , whose na e is obviously a synony a r i a sc l 1 9 4 . of bb ev a t which belongs to my genus E ua osa , 0 PA 1 4 9 Genus C LU LOSA Bleeker , 8 . P 1 84 9 C LU ALO SA BULAN Bleeker , . ( Fig . h . tsc xx1 1 . 1 84 9 a l a rh B a v Genoo . C Zup l osa bu n Bleeker , Ve . a t . , , , Ichth Madura , bi d. xx 1 8 1 1 n E Id i . 50 . a d 1 2 . i . p . Madura , ast In d es Bleeker , , iii , , p , xxiv . , 1 852 , p . 3 0 . l r n a l . 1 872 1 1 0 x u H e ul u n . C pea ( a g ) b a Bleeker , Atlas . Ichth , vi , , p , pl ccl vi , o - Au tr 1 1 fig . 5 . Id. Weber and Beauf rt , Fish . Indo s . Arch . , ii . , 9 3 , pp . 69 and 73 . a r l l d. Mu x . 1 1 2 H engul a bu a n Pa ra di c e an d Whitley , Mem . Q s , i , , 9 7 , pp . 79 and 9 7 (Darwin ) . H ere figured from the young specimen , 3 4 mm . in standard length , 2 ICHTHYOLOGICAL NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS . 2 recorded from Darwin in 1 9 7 . Austr . Mus . Regd . No . IA . 1 ,527 . It has the 1 2 following characters : 1 7 ; A . 9 ; Sc . 3 7 ; T r ., 1 to 1 3 . Twelve predorsal scales . Adipose eyelids narrow . Mouth small , upper j aw notched at sym physis . Rudimentary teeth on palate . Venules on cheeks and shoulders . - Depth one third standard length . S cales numerous , wi thout transverse ridges . Dorsal origin nearer snout than tail . Scaly sheaths to dorsal and x anal fins . Margins of fins rounded . Pectorals long and pointed . Si teen plus ten ventral scutes . Coloration plain yellowish in formalin , some large dark chromatophores on snout , along dorsal base , median line of back , and looping upper half of caudal peduncle ; fins infuscated . H l a l l . 1 . i C u osdbu a n . N Fig err ng , p Young from Darwi n , T Family ENGRAULIDAE . THRISSINA Sc a l e 1 9 2 Genus Jordan and , 5 . Thri ssi na 1 925 . 3 Jordan and Seale , Copeia , , p 0 ; Bull . Mus . Comp . Zool . , x 1 1 1 9 2 7 “ l vii ., , 6 , p . 3 5 . Orthotype , Cl upea boel a ma Forska l [Non b l u ea a c l m inomial vernacular name C p b a a Bloch and Schneider , ’ 1 1 4 29 hr i n l a . 80 T i ss a ba e ma . I . H Syst . Ichth , , p . ] d ardenbe rg , Nat . T i s h x 1 4 d c r . 2 9 3 3 2 3 r a j Ned . Ind , ciii , , , p . ( regarded as Th i ss , but that genus has much longer maxill ary ) . x - L Ma illary not extending to gill opening . ower j aw included . Teeth e - 2 2 - ven , no canines . Gill rakers 3 or 4 on lower branch of first gill arch . Scares firm . No silvery lateral stripe . Vertebrae 3 9 to 4 2 . Ventral scutes Red weak , almost hidden by scales , none before pectorals in the Sea geno n a estua ri a type , but there are five in the Queensla d species , . No enlarged alar scales on caudal . C audal peduncl e short below . Dorsal fin preceded by a spine . Anal base behind level of dorsal . Anal rays 3 1 to 3 4 . Upper roduc er rea c hi n most pectoral ray pointed but not p k g ventral origin . c u n r ul Close to S te g a is but has weaker ventral scutes , fewer vertebrae and anal rays , and shorter anal base in relation to standard length . T R AE A 1 1 H ISSINA STU RIA (Ogilby , 9 0) ( Fig . ‘ Anc hovza a estua ri a b Ro . ld. xxi i 1 1 4 Ogil y, Proc . y Soc . Q , i November, 9 0 , p . WHITLEY . Brisbane River, Queensland . Holotype in Amat . Fi sherm . Assoc . Ql d. o- coll . , Brisbane ; c type s in Queensland and Australian Museums . Id. l - 1 Ogilby , Fish . Rept . Q d. 1 9 1 0 1 9 1 append En a uli a u D L 1 gr s n s tus e Vis , Proc . inn . So c . N. S. Wales , V 1 . , 1 882 , p . 3 1 9 . (One ’ - s x . d K of De Vis specimens in Au t . Mus . e amined ) I . Saville ent , Great ’ 1 89 3 1 . En a l Barrier Reef , , pp . 3 0 and 3 70 ( Brisbane records . ) Not gr u zs na sutus 1 87 m Castelnau , 8, from the Nor an River , North Queensland . ’ - Here illustrated from one of Ogil by s c o types (regd . No . i n The 1 2 Australian Museum , and measuring 2 mm . in standard length . It ha s five scutes before the pectoral base and eight behind the ventral fin , the intermediate ones obscur ed by scales . L c li t — o a y Brisbane River, Queensland . 7 G? M . ’ - 2 . Thrissi na a estua rza . C o i l d. Fig . Anchovy, type , Br sbane River , Q ' ‘ 2 Genus SCUI ENGRAULIS Jordan an d Seal e , 1 9 5 . A SCUTENGRAULIS SCR TCHLEYI (Ramsay and Ogilby , ( Fig . f Li . N .S n ra l h . E g u i s sc ra tc l eyi Ramsay a nd Ogilby , Proc nn Soc Wales H . i . 2 1 88 1 8 n u .