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The Fishes of the Palmer Eiyer. 



By William Macleay, P.L.S., &c. 



Tlie Hevd. J. E. Tenison-Woods procured while at the Pahuer 

 E-iver, in !N^orthern Queensland, a small collection of the Fishes 

 of that river, which he has asked me to examine and if necessary 

 to describe. He is indebted to Mr. Selheim, a G-erman naturalist 

 resident in the Palmer District, for the greater number of them. 

 They are all fishes of the head waters of the Palmer, cut off by 

 numerous falls from the lower part of the river, and therefore 

 fresh water fishes in the strictest sense of the term. 



1. Therapon" fasciatus, Casteln. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. 5, p. 363. 

 This species seems to be confined to the rivers flowing into the 

 Grulf of Carpentaria. A similarly marked, though very distinct 

 species — Therapon percoides, Gunth. — is found in the East Coast 

 rivers of Queensland. Therapon terrce-regince, Castelnau, I 

 believe to be identical with T. percoides. 



2. Therapon truttaceus, Macleay. 



Proc. Linn. Soc, ^. S. Wales, Vol. 5, p. 366. 



I described this fish originally from a specimen sent me from 

 the Endeavour River. It is easily recognizable from T. unicolor 

 and other unicolorous species, by the broad head, fleshy lips and 

 smooth preorbital bones. 



3. Eleotris plaxiceps, Qi. sp. 

 D. 6/10. A. 8. 

 Head broad, flat, and one third of the total length ; mouth 

 large and flat, the lower jaw protruding, the maxillary reaching 

 to below the middle of the eye. The eye rather small and more 

 than three diameters apart. The scales on the body are rather 

 large and finely ciliated, those on the head smaller, and on the fore 

 part of the head between the eyes there are a number of small 



