210 NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM QUEENSLAND, 



40. Elops saurus. Linn. 

 Macl. Aust. Clup. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. 4, p. 382. 

 Lower Burdekin, in salt and fresh water. 



41. Megalops Cyprinoides. Brouss. 

 Macl. Aust. Clup. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1ST. S. Wales, vol. 4, p. 383. 

 Lower Burdekin, in lagoons. 



This herring is frequently kept in tanks in and about Pinang, 

 where they rapidly multiply and fatten. 



42. Chanos salmoneus. Bl. 



Macl. Aust. Clup. Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. 4, p. 383. 



Lower Burdekin in fresh and salt water. 



This, the finest of all the Herring tribe, both as regards size and 

 quality, though rare on the New South Wales coast, becomes 

 abundant in the tropical estuaries of Queensland. It can readily 

 be domesticated and multiplied in tanks or lagoons, and certainly 

 would prove much more worthy of a little care in cultivation 

 than the much vaunted " gourami " ( Osjrfiromenus olfax). 



43. Chirocentrus dorab. Forsk. 

 Macl. Cat. Fishes Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. 6 p. 263. 

 Lower Burdekin in salt water. 



Dr. Cantor says that this Fish is common in Malacca, where it 

 attains a length of six feet, and is much relished by the natives. 



MUR^NID^E. 



44. Anguilla Reinhardtri. Steind. 

 Macl. Cat. Fishes Proc. Linn. Soc, K S. Wales, Vol. 6, p. 267. 

 Mary River and Lillesmere Lagoon. 



45. Anguilla marginipinnis. n. sp. 

 Head broad, depressed and rounded in front ; the lips are 

 fleshy and form a reflexed fold on the sides ; mouth large, the 

 gape extending to a little behind the eye, which is small. Teeth 

 small, in broad flat bands in both jaws, a band on the vomer of 

 about the same size as the maxillary bands, but not quite so long 



