XVI. ATHERINA 43 



^ 62.^Atherina tamarensis Johnston, 1883.-^'- 



Atherina tamarensis Johnston, Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 122, 1882 (1883). 

 T^NiOMEMBRAs TAMARENSIS McCulloch and Waitc, Rec. S. Austral. Mus., 1, 41, 



1918. 

 Type-locality. — Launceston Bar, River Tamar, Tasmania. 

 Atherina tasmaniensis Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 9, 443, 1884 (mis- 

 print for tamarensis). 

 Atherinichthys cephalotes Zietz, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., 33, 264, 1909 



(not Atherinichthys cephalotes Castelnau). 

 Range. — Shores and streams of Tasmania and South Australia. 



63. Atherina presbyteroides Richardson, 1843. 



Atherina presbyteroides Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1), 11, 179, 1843; 



Giinther, Catalogue Fishes Brit. Mus., 3, 397, 1861 (after Richardson) ; 



Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 6, 37, 1881 (1882) (after Richardson). 

 Type-locality. — Port Arthur, Tasmania. 

 Range. — Shores of Tasmania. 



The advanced position of the spinous dorsal in this species indicates 

 relationship with A. microstoma. Possibly the two are identical. 



64. Atherina hepsetoides Richardson, 1843. 



Atherina hepsetoides Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1), 11, 178, 1843; 



Giinther, Catalogue Fishes Brit. Mus., 3, 397, 1861 (after Richardson) ; 



Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 6, 37, 1881 (1882) (after Richardson). 

 Type-locality. — Port Arthur, Tasmania. 

 Range. — Shores of Tasmania. 



This species may prove identical with the next. 



65. Atherina dannevigi McCulloch, 1911. 



Atherina hepsetus Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), 17, 396, 1876 (not of 



Linnseus). 

 Atherina dannevigi McCulloch, Zool. Res. Fish. Exp. Endeavour, 1, 31, pi. 16. 



fig. 2, 1911. 

 Type-locality. — Oyster Bay, Tasmania. 

 Range. — Shores of Tasmania and southern Australia. 



This species has the mandibular rami elevated posteriorly, a char- 

 acter determined for us by Mr. McCulloch. This and other characters 

 seem to place it in the genus Atherina. The scales, however, are 

 smaller than in any other species, there being about 75 transverse series. 

 The first dorsal is advanced in position, as in several other Australian 

 species of the genus. 



In addition to the type locality, this species was obtained by the 

 Endeavour in Spencer Gulf, South Australia, at a recorded depth of 20 

 fathoms. It is possible, however, that the specimens entered the dredge 

 near the surface. 



