BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 203 



13. Gerres filamentosus. Cur. and Val. 

 Bleek Atl. Ichth. Perc. p. 124, tab. 78, fig. 3. Macl. Cat. Fishes 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. 5, p. 379. 

 Lower Burclekin, Salt water. 



Squamipinnes. 

 14. scatophagus multifasciatus. 

 Richards. Voy Ereb. and Terr. Fishes, p. 57, pi. 35, figs, 4-6 

 Macl. Cat. Fishes Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. Vol. 5, p. 396. 

 Lower Burdekin. Salt water. 



SPARIDiE. 



15. Chrysophrys hasta. Bl. 

 Bleek Atl. Ichth. Perc. Tab. 67, fig 3. Macl. Cat. Fishes Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. 5, p. 418. 

 Lower Burdekin. Salt water. 



Scorp^nid^e. 

 16. Centropogon robustus. Gunth. 

 Cat. Fishes, 2 p. 128. Macl. Cat. Fishes Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 Wales, vol. 5, p. 436. 



Mary River. Fresh water. This fish is found in most, if not 

 all, the rivers of the east coast of New South Wales, 



Polynemid.e. 



17. POLYNEMUS TETRADACTYLUS. RuSS. 



Gunth. Cat., 2, p. 329.— Cant. Mai. Fishes, p. 25. 



Lower Burdekin — in salt water. 



Mr. Morton informs me that this fish visits the estuary of the 

 Burdekin at certain seasons in large shoals, and is much prized as 

 an article of food. It is salted and dried in considerable quantity 

 by the Chinese curers, and readily sold throughout the towns and 

 mining villages at 6d. per lb. It is found all over the Eastern 

 seas. Dr. Cantor, in his Catalogue of Malayan Fishes, p. 26, says 

 of it : — " It is highly valued as an article of food, its flavour being 

 compared with that of salmon." The same author informs us that 

 this fish is also used by the Chinese in the Straits Settlement in 



