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of the numerous synonyms ascribed by Regan to Melanot.enia nigrans 

 might be vahd species, we follow his decisions. To the synonyms which 

 he adopted, we add Atherinichthys duboulayi Castelnau, and Rhom- 

 batractus maccullochi Ogilby. 



13. Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson), 1943.-^'- 



Atherina nigrans Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 11, 180, 1843. 



Atherinichthys nigrans Giinther, Catalogue Fishes Brit. Mus., 3, 406, 1861 ; 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), 17, 396, 1876. 

 Nematocentris nigra Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3), 20, 65, 1867. 

 Nematocentris nigrans Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 6, 44, 1881 



(1882). 

 Melanot^nia nigrans Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 131, 1896; 



Regan, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 20, 279, 1914. 

 Type-locality. — King's River, near Victoria, Australia. 

 Strabo nigrofasciatus Kner and Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 44, 

 Z72, 395, pi. 3, fig. 10 ; 45, 16, 1867. 

 Melanot^nia nigrofasciata Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 135, 1896. 

 Type-locality. — Brisbane, Australia. 

 Nematocentris splendida Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 516, 1866 (1867). 

 Melanotaenia splendida Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 134, 1896. 

 Type-locality. — Fitzroy River, Queensland. 

 Zantecla pusilla Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, 2, 88, 1873 ; Macleay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 6, 44, 1881 (1882). 

 MELANOT.ENIA PUSILLA Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 135, 1896. 

 Type-locality. — Port Darwin, North Australia. 

 AiDA iNORNATA Castelnau, Researches Fishes Australia, 10, 1875; Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 5, 349, 1880 (1881) ; Ogilby, ibid., 21, 128, 1896. 

 Type-locality. — Gulf of Carpenteria, Australia. 

 Neo.*.therina australis Castelnau,!'- Researches Fishes Australia, 32, 1875 ; 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 6, 46, 1881 (1882); Ogilby, ibid.. 

 21, 122, 1896; Zietz, Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Austral, 33, 264, 1909. 

 Type-locality. — Swan River, Western Australia. 

 Aristeus fitzroyensis Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 3, 141, 1878 (1879) ; 

 Macleay, ibid., 5, 625, 1881. 

 Rhombatractus fitzroyensis Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 125, 



1896. 

 Rhombatractus fitzroyensis Cockerell, Mem. Queensl. Mus., 3, 38, 1915. 

 Type-locality. — Rockhampton, Fitzroy River, Queensland. 

 Aristeus fluviatilis Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 3, 141, 1878 (1879) ; 

 Macleay, ibid., 5, 625, 1881. 

 Rhombatractus fluviatilis Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. PVales, 21, 125. 



1896. 

 Type-locality. — Murrumbridgee River, New South Wales (so fixed by Ogilby). 

 Atherinichthys duboulayi Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 3, 143. 1878 

 (1879). 



!! Only the notoriously inaccurate character of Castelnau's descriptions justifies 

 one in including Neoatherina australis in synonymy of Melanot.«nia nigrans. 



