BY WILLIAM MACLEAY. F.L.S., &C. 5S 



with minute teeth ; the maxillary dilated above the mandibular; 

 joint, its posterior tapering portion extends to or nearly to, the 

 root of the pectoral fin. Origin of dorsal midway between the end 

 of the snout and root of the caudal. Anal commencing immediately 

 behind the last dorsal ray. Entire abdominal ridge serrated. 

 Scapulary region with black venules. Gill-rakers rather strong, 

 distant, 13 on the horizontal branch of outer branchial arch, the 

 longest rather shorter than the eye. 



Lower Burdekin in Shoals. (Macleay.) 



1275. Chatoessus elongatus. Macleay. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. Vol. VIIL, p. 209. 

 Lagoons. Mary River. 



Species. 887. Chatoessus Erebi. 



Klunzinger regards C. erebi of Castelnau as identical with the 

 above species, and C. Richardsoni Castelnau as the true C. erebi of 

 Richardson. 



Family. MUR^ENTD^. 



1276. Anguilla amboinexsis. Pet. 



Gunth. Cat. VIIL, p. 34. 



Origin of the dorsal fin twice as far distant from the pectoral 

 fin as from the vent. The length of the head one third of the 

 distance of the vent from the end of the snout. Angle of the 

 mouth below the hind margin of the eye. Teeth small, in broad 

 bands, that of the vomer rather narrower than that of the maxillary. 

 Yellowish-brown, spotted with dark brown. 



Port Phillip. (Klunzinger.) 



1277. Anguilla marginipinnis. Macleay. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. VIIL, p. 210. 

 Lillesmere Lagoon, Burdekin River. 



1278. Mur-enicbthys macropterus. Bleek. 

 Atl. Ichth. Mur., p. 31, tab. VII , fig. 3. Gunth. Cat, VIIL, 

 p 52. 



