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Proc. Boy. Soc. Queensland, VI, 1889, p. 240 ; Ogilby, 

 Edible Fish. N. S. Wales, p. 160, pi. XXXIX (1893) ; 

 Waite, Mem. Austral. Mus., IV, 1899, p. 125. pi. 

 XXX; Stead, Fish. Austral., p. 181, pi. VI (1906); 

 Edible Fish. N. S. Wales, p. 106, pi. LXXIII (1908) ; 

 Ogilby, Proc. Koy. Soc. Queensland, XXI, 1908, 

 p. 25 ; Roughley, Fish. Australia, p. 172, pi. LIX 

 (1916) ; McCulloch, Austral. Zool., II, 1921, p. 46. 



Synaptura cinerca, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 VIII, 1884, p. 288. 



Hab. From the west coast of India, through the 

 Indian Ocean and Archipelago to Australia ; China Seas ; 

 Australia; Coasts of New South Wales and Southern 

 Queensland; Port Darwin (Saville-Kent). 



Comparison of ten examples of B. nigra with speci- 

 mens of B. orientalis from Indian Seas leaves little doubt 

 that the two species are synonymous. The Australian 

 specimens, however, appear to have (generally) a slightly 

 deeper body, and often a somewhat different coloration. 

 Day has examined the type of B. orientalis, and regards 

 it as identical \vith Richardson's B. foliacea from China. 



2. Brachirus salinarum. 



Brachirus salinarum, Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, 

 XXIII, 1910, p. 35. 



Synaptura salinarum, McCulloch, Mem. Queensland Mus., 

 V, 1916, p. 64, figs. 2-3. 



Hal). Saltpans at Kimberley, Northern Queensland. 

 Known only from the types. 



3. Brachirus aspilos. 



Synaptura aspilos, Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., Ill, 

 1852, p. 74. 



Brachirus aspilos, Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, 

 XXIII, 1910, p. 36. 



Hal). Indo-Australian Archipelago from Singapore 

 to Northern Australia; Ogilby records a single example 

 from Croker Island, Northern Territory. 



4. Brachirus selheimi. 



Synaptura selheimi, Macleav, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 Wales, VII, 1883, p. 71. * 



Known only from the types from Palmer River, 

 Queensland. 



