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FAMILY TORPEDINID.*:. 



Narcine, Henle. 

 N. Insnaniensis, Richardson, T.Z.S. Ill, p. 178, 1849. 

 Giinther Cat. VIII, p. 4.-)2 ; Macleay Cat. 1112. 

 Figured. T.Z..S. Ill, pi. 11. 



Loc. — One specimen 8t. Kilda Beach ; alsu in liass 

 Straits, Castelnau, P.Z.S. Vict. I, p. •>2a. 



FAMILY IlA.IID.fi. 



Raja, Cuvicr. 

 if. lemprieri, Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, 

 p. 43, 1846. 

 Gunther Cat. VIII, p. 46,S ; Macleay Cat. 1114. 

 Figured, Voy. Erebus and Terror, pi. 2.3. 

 Loc.' — Piissim, 



Vernacular name — Thoriihack Ray 

 (if. deiilata, Kliinzinger, Arcliiv. f. Naturg., .x.xxviii, 

 p. 46, 1872.) 

 Macleay Cat, .Sup. 1280. 

 Loc. — " Port Phillip," Kliinzinger. I.e. 

 B. scniirii, Douglas Ogilljv, Cat. Fislies in A\i.stralian 

 Museum, Part I, 1888. 

 Macleay Cat. 1115. 



Syn. — if. rostrata, Castelnau, P.Z.S. Vict. II, p. 57. 

 Loc. — Port Phillip, Castelnau. 



fa.mily tryoonid.*:. 

 Urolophts, MuUer and Henle, 



U. leslaceiix, Muller and Henle, p. 174, 1841. 

 Giinther Cat. VIII, p. 486; Macleay Cat. 1121. 

 Figured, Muller and Henle, pi. 56. 

 Loc. -Port Phillip (Morton, Lucas). 



FAMILY MYLIOB.\Tin.«. 



Myliobatis, Cuvier. 



M. iiieulidfii, Cuv. Rijgne Animal, 1830. 



Giintlier Cat. A'lII, p. 491 ; Macleay Cat. 112.3 



Loc. — P-issim. 



Vernaculai' name — ^•^at^lt R<ii/, Stinq Rati. 

 (M. austrulls, Macleay Cat. 1124, 1880,) 



Figured, McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict., pi. 63. 



Loc. — One specimen Queenscliff, McCoy, I.e. 



SUB-CLASS IIL-CYCLOSTOMATA. 



FAMILY PETRO.MYZOXTID,*;. 



MoRDACiA, Gray. 



M. jnurilai, Richardson. Voy. Erebus and Terror, 1846. 

 Gunther Cat. VIII, p. .507; Macleay Cat. 1127. 

 Figured, Voy. Ereluis and Terror, pi. 38. 

 Loc. — Lower Yarra, Castelnau, P.Z.S. Vict. I, 



p. 229. 

 Vernacular name — Lamp/ ey. 



(Nf.omordacia, Castelnau.) 



(N. huwiuii, Castelnau, P.Z.S. Vict. I, p. 232, 1872.) 

 Macleay Cat. 1128. 

 Loc. — One specimen, Cape .Schanck, Castelnau, I.e. 



Ge'jtria, Gray. 



G. aiislralis. Gray, P.Z.S., ji. 238, 1851. 

 (iiinther Cat. VIII, p. 508 ; Macleay Cat. 1129. 

 Loc. — Saltwater R., Castelnau, P.Z.S. Vict. I, p. 

 227. 



(Yarra, Castelnau.) 



(Y. siniiiilaris, Castelnau, P.Z.S. Vict. I, p. 231, 1H72.) 

 Macleay Cat. 11.32. 

 Loc. — One specimen, Lower Yarra, Castelnau, I.e. 



SUB-CLA.SS IV.— LEPTOCARDII. 



family cirrostomi. 



Brantiiiostoma, Costa. 



B. lanceolalnm, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. X, p 19, 1769. 

 Giintlier Cat. VIII, p. 513; Macleay Cat. 1133. 

 Figured, E Ray Lankester, Q.I M.S., 1889. 

 Loc. — Port Phillip and Western Port (if our species 



be identical with above). 

 Vernacular name — Lancelet. ■' 



The followiuo- is a pojuilar dt'scrijitioii ut' the lisliet; as tlicv oceui- in tlic tanks. To give a 

 full, true, and jiarticnlar account of eacli specimen would i-cipu're a large volume, so that it has 

 been deemed e.xjiedient to merely give a ])hotogi'aiiliic re]iriiduction of those fishes most commonly 

 found in the tanks with a few words as to the hest known characteristics of each. 



THE SCHNAPPER. 



( Paqnis iinicolor.) 



This is one of the finest fish tliat come to the Melhourne market, and is a universal favorite, 

 l)oth with the angler and the gunrniand. At one time they could he caught in any \)a\-t of 

 Hohsdu's Bay, hut now are exceedingly scarce. The i)rincijial fishing grounds for this fine fish 

 are oft' Kickett's Point, beyond Brighton ; and if one can only get on to the reef around which a 

 " school "' of Schna})per has started to feed a very lively quarter of an horn- can he obtained. The 

 "old man" Schnapper runs up to about 30 lbs. weight, and with age develops a peculiar lump on 

 the nose, which is entirely missing in the younger sjieciinens. In colom- it is a huautiful pink, 

 with iridescent spots. They are gross feeders iu the tanks, and when once acclimatised give uo 

 troulile. The sjiecimens in the tanks have beeu obtained with great trouble, and are denizens of 

 the Aquarium for over three years. 



The Schnapper is fouud in almost all Australian waters, from New Zealand to Norfolk 

 Island, and hamits the reefs contiguous to the coast. The favorite bait is salted pilchard or squid. 

 The native name of this fish is " Wollomai." 



