358 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



124. MuRRAYiA RivERiNA, Krefft. 



Dules riverinus, Krefft, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1867, p. 943. 



D. 11/11. A. 3/9. P. 15. L. lat. 58 to 60. 



Height of body one-tliird of length, without the caudal fin ; 

 the diameter of the eye is equal to the length of the snout, as 

 long as the space between the eyes, and nearly one-fourth of the 

 length of the head. Operculum with two spines, the lower one 

 with two points. Tail truncate. Colour silvery on the sides, the 

 lateral line dividing the silvery part from the brown of the back, 

 the scales are all dotted with black spots, as are the fins, the first 

 ray of the ventral is produced into a filament as long aa the head. 



Murray Eiver and its tributaries. 



Genus Eiverina, Casteln. 



Resembles Murrayia, but has twelve spines in the dorsal fin, 

 and is without teeth on the palatine bones. 



125. RivERiNA FLUviATiLis, Castcln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, Vol. I., p. 64. 



D. 12/11. A. 3/8. 0.18. P. 16. L. lat. 46. L. transv. 8/16. 



Height of body three times and two-thirds in the total length, 

 head three times and six-tenths in the same. Form and colour 

 the same as Murrayia Iramoides, but the head of a more fleshy 

 colour. The first spine of the operculum is bifid, the second 

 tridenticulated ; the fifth dorsal spine the longest, the twelfth 

 longer than the eleventh, the second anal spine is very thick and 

 blunt but not longer than the third ; the first ray of the pectorals 

 elongate. 



Murray River ; one specimen. 



G-enus Dules, Ouv. & Val. 

 Six branchiostegals. All the teeth villiform, without canines, 

 teeth on the palatine bones. One dorsal fin, with ten spines. 



