VoL. XV. (3) “ CERATODUS” IN THE RHATIC 271 
Phillipsi.? The holotype is lost, but what may be a topo- 
type is in the British Museum, and has been figured by 
Prof. Miall.’ 
“In 1870, the Hon. D. Forster shewed to the Curator of the 
Sydney Museum, a cartilaginous fish that lived in Queensland, and 
whose teeth corresponded in every respect with those of the fossil 
-Ceratodus.”? 
Such fish are called by the natives “ Barramanda” and 
have been caught in the Mary, Dawson, and other rivers in 
Queensland. They are vegetable feeders and live in 
muddy creeks. When the hot weather sets in they bury 
themselves in the mud until the return of the wet season. 
It is interesting to notice that the habitat of the recent fish 
appears to be very similar to what we know must have 
been that of the Rhetic fish. 
x Poissons Fossils, t. iii., pp- 135, 176. 
2 Monogr. Sirenoid & Crossopt. Ganoids, Pal. Soc. (1871), pp- 26, 32- 
3. W. W. Stoddart, Proc. Bristol Nat. Soc., vol. i., pt. 2. (1874-75), P- 145- 
