BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S. 367 



Sardine, and the Anchovy in Europe, can be looked upon as 

 large sources of national wealth, and if this habit does not 

 belong to the Melbourne Anchovy, it is probable that its fishing 

 may never become a matter of much importance. It is desirable, 

 however, that the history of the Fish should be ascertained. I 

 think it is not unlikely that the specimens seen so frequently in 

 the Melbourne Market may be young Fish, (the name " white 

 bait" seems to indicate so much,) and that the periodical haunts 

 of the large shoals have never yet been noticed. 



2. Engbaulis nasutus. Casteln. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 51. 



This species is described by Count Castlenau (loc. cit.) from 

 one adult specimen, 7 inches long, sent to him from the Norman 

 River, Grulf of Carpentaria. Its special distinguishing character 

 seems to be a strong longitudinal ridge along the top of the head. 



There is another species of Engraulis, said to have been 

 observed on the northern coast of Australia, but on insufficient 

 evidence, which I may here make mention of. It is the Engraulis 

 RusselUi, indicus, and balinensis, of the late Dr. Bleeker ; indicus 

 being the name given by him in his last work — (" Atlas 

 Ichthyologique.") the Engraulis Rrownii, Gm., of Dr. Cantor, 

 (Cat. of Malayan Fishes, page 303) and the Engraulis RusselUi of 

 Dr. Ghmther's Catalogue of Fishes. Dr. Bleeker places the 

 species in the genus Stoleplwrus, which he separates from Engraulis 

 on some very slight grounds. The fish is very common through- 

 out the seas of the East Indian Archipelago, and forms a very 

 large and valuable article of production and trade. Dr. Cantor 

 in his Catalogue of Malayan Fishes page 305, gives the following 

 interesting information respecting it : — " In the Straits of Malacca 

 as in the mouth of the Granges, this species is astoundingly 

 numerous at all seasons, two or three inches is the usual length, 

 five to six are very rarely seen. In fine weather swarms may be 

 seen swimming near the water's edge, and making very short 

 leaps closely above the surface of the sea. As Eussell observes, 



