BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 269 



have been rubbed off, but it seems to have been silvery-grey, with 

 many very minute black dots. 



The only specimen of this fish I have seen is about 5 inches 

 long, and was taken in the Murrumbidgee in the Yass District. 

 The genus Murrayia was formed by Count Castelnau a number of 

 years ago, for the reception of some fishes which he had received 

 from the Murray River or some of its ana-branches in the 

 Deniliquin District, He described three species : — Murrayia 

 Guntheri, cyprinoides, and hramoides, all from the same locality, 

 and averaging from a foot to 14 inches in length. I have never 

 seen any of them, and indeed the fish I have now described is the 

 only one of the genus I have seen, although I resided for many 

 years on the banks of the Murrumbidgee. The genus is a very 

 good one, and shows a decided affinity to the genus Ctenolates of 

 Gunther. 



