288 RECORDS OP THE AUSTRALIAN MITSEDM. 



Three cotypes of Eleofrin hnniilis, De Vis, 61-93 mm. loug, are, as 

 already noted bv Waite, similar to the narrow foi*m of C. contprps^io!. 

 D. vi/10-11 : A." 11; Sc. lougt. •28-29; Sc. tr. 9. Depth 3-8-4 in the 

 length to the hypnral joint, and subeqnal to the length of the head. 



As noted by Waite, there is nothing in the description of Eleofris 

 cai'ifroiis, De Vis (nee. Blyth) to distinguish it from C. amipre.-iiiii'i. The 

 substitute name E. derisl, Ogilby, is therefore unnecessary. 



Carassiops longi, Ogilby, is, as recognised by Waite, an elongate 

 variety of C cooipressiis ; that its slender form is not of even snbspecitie 

 value is proved by the fact that some specimens secured in the same 

 locality as the types, are as broad as those from more northern localities. 



The name ('. cnjiiprensn." iiioiitiunif!, Ogilby, was pi-oposed for slender 

 specimens from Ki Harney, Queensland, which were similar to the typical 

 form in all structural details. 



Tjoeii. — We have examined specimens from the following localities. — 

 Clarence River, New South Wales ; cotype of Eleofris roiiiprefH^Kt-, Krefft ? 

 Tweed River, New South Wales ; Maclea\' Museum. Liverpool and 

 Marrickville, near Sydney. Jervis Bny, New South Wales; specimen 

 figured bv Waite. Brisbane River, Queensland ; cotypes of E. Ii inn His, 

 De Vis. Mar^' River, Queensland. Poit Darwin, North Australia ; 

 holotype of E. elevntnn, ^lacleay. 



Dlstiihntion. — Eastern waters of Australia from Cape Yoik to Jervis 

 Bay. Headwaters of the Cotulamine River, Queensland. Port Darwin. 



The following species are probably related to, and possibly identical 

 with C. eninpregamt. 



E1eofri< nioJeafii, Castelnau, Pi'oc. Zool. Soc. Vict., ii., 1873, p. 85. IJ., 

 Alacleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, v., 1881, p. 620. 



D. vi'9; A. 10: P. 17; V. i/5 ; C. 15. Sc. long. 31; sc. tr. 11. 

 Depth a little moie than 4 in the length without the caudHl, head 3;\ in 

 the same. Eye 3i in the head, longer than tlie snout. I^ieadth of the 

 snout befoT'e the eyes equal to the distance between its extj-emity and the 

 first thii'd of the eye. 



Snout rather depressed, not broad. Mouth oblique, the maxilla not 

 reaching the vertical of the anterior ocular nuiigin. Head entirely 

 scalv; body scales lai'ge, ctenoid and striated. Dorsal spines somewhat 

 filamentous. Ventrals long, inserted below the pectorals. Pectorals not 

 longer than tlie ventrals. 



General colour light yellow, brownish above. A small daik shoulder 

 spot, and a faint dark line along the side to the tail. Some iriegular 

 oblique transverse spots on the dorsal tins, the exti-emity of the second 

 black. Caudal transvei-sely speckled with l)i-own. 



Length. — Two inches. 



This species appai-ently reseinbles /•;. retiriilntm^, Klunzinger, from 

 the same locality, which we jegard as synt)nynious with C. ronifiressitt>. 



Loe. — Port Darwin. 



