26 ATHERINID^ : SILVERSIDES 



Chirostoma duboulayi Waite, Mem. N. S. Wales Nat. Club, 2, 21, 1904. 



Type-locality. — Lagoon of fresh water connected with the Richmond River, 

 Australia. 

 Aristeus rufescens Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 5, 625, 1881. 



Rhombatractus rufescens Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 133, 1896. 

 Type-locality. — Rivers of northern Queensland. 

 Aristeus lineatus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 5, 626, 1881. 



Rhombatractus lineatus Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 133, 1896. 

 Type-locality. — Richmond River, New South Wales. 

 Aristeus cavifrons Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 7, 70, 1882 (1883). 

 Rhombatractus cavifrons Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 133, 1896. 

 Type-locality. — Palmer River, in northern Queensland. 

 Aristeus perporosus De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 9, 694, 1884 (1885). 

 Rhombatractus perporosus Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 134, 1896. 

 Type-locality. — Maryborough, Australia. 

 Aristeus lori^ Perugia, Ann. Mus. Genova, 34, 549, 1894. 



Rhombatractus lorle Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 134, 1896. 

 Type-locality. — Inawi, British New Guinea. 

 Nematocentris tatei Zietz, Rept. Horn Sci. Exp. Centr. Austral., 6, 178, fig. 2, 1896. 

 Rhombatractus tatei Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21, 134, 189; 



Zietz, Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., 33, 264, 1909. 

 Type-locality. — Horseshoe Bend, Finke River, Australia (now definitely re- 

 stricted). 

 Nematocentris winneckei Zietz, Rept. Horn Sci. Exp. Centr. Austral., 2, 179, 

 fig. 3, 1896. 

 RHOMB.A.TRACTUS WINNECKEI Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 21,134,1896; 



Zietz, Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., 33, 264, 1909. 

 Type-locality. — Near Horseshoe Bend, Finke River, Australia. 

 Melanot^nia maculata Weber, Nova Guinea, S, 239, pi. 11, fig. 4 1908; 



9, 557, 1913. 

 Type-locality. — "Aus dem Miindungsgebiet des Meranke-Flusses, Siid-New 

 Guinea ; vermuthlich schwach brackisches Wasser." 

 Melanot^nia ogilbyi Weber, Notes Leyden Mus., 32, 230, 1910; Nova Guinea. 

 9, 560, fig. 28, 1913. 

 Type-locality. — Tiimpel, Lorentz River, New Guinea. 

 Rhombatractus patoti Weber, Abh. Senckenb. Nat. Ges., 34, 26, pi. 1, fig. 3, 

 1911. 

 Type-locality. — Terangan. 

 Rhombatractus maccullochi (Ogilby) Cockerell, Mem. Queensl. Mus., 3, 38, 

 1915. 

 Type-locality. — Barron R., North Queensland. 



Melanot^nia maccullochi Ogilby, Mem. Queensl. Mus., 3, 118, pi. 29, fig. 1, 

 1915. 

 Range. — Warmer parts of Australia, New Guinea, and the neighboring islands ; in 

 fresh and brackish water, and perhaps in the sea. 



IX. GLOSSOLEPIS Weber, 1907. 



Glossolepis Weber, Nova Guinea, 5, 241, 1908; Regan, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 

 20, 281, 1914. 

 Orthotype. — Glossolepis incisus Weber. 

 Range. — Fresh waters of northern New Guinea. 



