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MUGILIFORMES. 
SPHYRENID®. 
SPHYRENA NOV E-HOLLANDI®. 
Giinth., Cat. ii, p. 385; Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, p. 32. 
Hab,— Coasts of Victoria and New South Wales. Attains to 25 inches in length. Pike of Port 
Jackson. 
SPHYRENA OBTUSATA. 
Cuv. & Val. iii, p. 350; Schleg., Faun. Japon. Poiss, p. 33, pl. 13, f. 2; Giinth., Cat. ii, p. 339, and Fische 
d. Sudsee, p. 211, pl. 119, f. B.; Kner, Voy. Novara Fische, iy 140; Klunz., Verh. z. b. 
Ges. Wien 1870, p. 820; Day, Fishes of India, p. 343, pl. 71, f, 5; Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, 
p. 34. 
Sphyrena flavicauda, Ripp., N. W. Fische, p. 100, t. 25, f. 3. 
Hab.—From the Red Sea through those of India and the Malay Archipelago to Japan and Aus- 
tralia; Port Jackson, common. Pike of the fishermen. Grows to 20 inches long. 
ATHERINID. 
ATHERINA LACUNOSA. 
Forst., Deser. Anim. p. 298; Bl. Schn., p. 112; Giinth., Fische d. Sudsee, p. 218, pl. 118, f. E (not Bleek). 
Atherina pinguis, Lacép. v., p. 372, pl. 11, f#.1; Giinth., Cat. iii, p. 399; Klunz., Fische d. Roth. Meer., 
R 833; Day, Fishes of India, p. 344; All. & Macl., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8, Wales i, p. 340; 
Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, p. 38. 
affinis, Benn., Proce. Zool. Soc. 1831, i, p. 166. 
pectoralis, Cuy. & Val. x, p. 447. 
——— forskalii, Riipp., N. W. Fische, p. 132, t. 33, £. 1; Giinth., Cat. iii. p. 397; Day, Fishes of 
India, p. 345, pl. 71, £. 4; Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. Wales vit, p. 362. 
Hab.—¥ast African, Indian, Malayan, Australian, and South Seas; New South Wales coast, 
abundant. Hardihead of Sydney. Grows to a length of 6 inches; an excellent breakfast fish. 
AQTHERINA SIGNTFER. 
Pseudomugil signifer, Kner, Voy. Novara Fische, p. 275, pl. 13, f. 5, a and b. 
Atherina signata, Giinth., Ann. Nat. Hist. 1867, (3) xx, p. 64; Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, p. 40 
Hab.—Cape York (Giinther) ; Sydney (Kner). Length, 14 in. 
ATHERINICHTHYS JACKSONIANA. 
Atherina jacksoniana, Quoy & Gaim., Voy. Uranie Zool., p. 333; Cuv. & Val. x, p. 461. 
Atherinichthys jacksoniana, Giinth., Cat. iii, p. 402; Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, p. 41. 
Hab.—Tasmania; Port Jackson. Length, 43 inches. 
ATHERINICHTHYS DUBOULAYI. 
Casteln., Proc. Linn. Soe. N. 8S. Wales iii, p. 143. »” 
Hab.—Richmond River. Length rather over 3 inches. 
NEMATOCENTRIS NIGRANS. 
Atherina nigrans, Rich., Ann. Nat. Hist. 1843, xi, p. 180. 
Atherinichthys nigrans, Giinth.} Cat. iii, p. 406. 
Nematocentris splendida, Peters, Monutsber. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1866 (July), p. 516. 
Strabo nigrofasciatus, Kner & Steind., Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1866 (Oct.), p. 372, £. 10 (émmature). 
