OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 61 



Engraulis nasutus. sp. nov. 

 Height of the body contained rather more than three times in 

 total length without caudal ; the head four times and a half in 

 the same length ; snout obtuse produced projecting considerably 

 beyond the lower jaw ;* teeth very fine on both jaws ; maxillary 

 considerably prolonged ; origin of the dorsal fin at the centre of 

 the body without the caudal ; this fin is strongly forked ; there 

 are twelve rays at the dorsal ; anal long, formed of 32 rays, 

 extending considerably behind the dorsal ; abdomen compressed 

 and entirely spiney ; I can say but little of the colours of this 

 species, of which I have only seen one adult specimen seven inches 

 long, but I have a small specimen preserved in spirits, which is 

 silvery with the upper parts of a light brown, fins yellow. 



Chatossus erebi. 



Chatossus erebi, Gunth. Cat. vol. YII, page 207. 



„ Come, Richard. Ereb. and Terr. p. 61, pi. 38. 

 Found in the Brisbane river and also in the rivers of northern 

 Australia. 



Leuciscus ? australis. sp. nov. 



Body elongate, very compressed ; its height contained four 

 times in the total length without the caudal ; head nearly five 

 times in the same length ; lower jaw longer than the upper one ; 

 no teeth on the jaws nor on the palate ; eye rather large, contained 

 three times and a half in the length of the head ; maxillary ex- 

 tending to the exterior third of the eye ; lateral line continuous 

 on the upper third of the body ; scales of moderate size ; dorsal 

 fin placed in front of the middle of the length of the body of 

 fourteen rays ; caudal bifurcated ; anal fin inserted a little behind 

 the end of the dorsal, of eighteen rays ; the ventrals a little in 

 front of the dorsal ; pectorals inserted below the opercle. The 

 fish is of an orange colour becoming yellow on the belly ; 

 the head is silvery no definite band on the side ; length of the 

 type specimen about one inch and a half. 



Note. — The specimen is very small and not in a very good state, and I may be mistaken 

 about the palatine teeth ; all I can say is that I can see none. 



On the upper surface of the head extends a strong longitudinal ridge. 



