96 MEMOIES OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



Qass IV— PISCES. 



Subclass TELEOSTEI. 



Order I— ISOSPONDYLI. 



Suborder a— CLUPEOIDEI. " The Herrings, etc." 



Family I— ELOPID.E. " The Tarpons." 



Genus 1— MEGALOPS (Commergon) Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 1803, p. 28& 



{filamentosus = cyprinoides). Syn. — Brisbania Castelnau 1878. 



1 . cyprinoides Broussonet. " Ox-eye Herring." 



Ichthyologia, 1782, pi. 9 (as Clupea cyprinoides) — Giinther, Catal., vii, 

 p. 471 ; Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iv, p. 383 — Castelnau, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii, p. 242 (as Brisbania staigeri). 



Figure : — Castelnau, ibid., pi. 3. 



Dimensions : — To about 600 millim.**' 



Uses : — An excellent table fish. 



Range : — Coasts of Queensland from south to north, ascending rivers. 



Genus 2— ELOPS Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1766, p. 518 (saurus). 



2. hawaiensis Regan. " Banana Fish." 



Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) iii, 1909, p. 39 : Hawaii ; Ogilby, Mem. Queensl. 

 Mus., iii, p. 133 — Regan, ibid, (as E. australis). 



Figure : — Jordan & Richardson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., iv, pi. 66, fig. 1. 



Dimensions : — To at least 600 millim. 



Uses : — Of good flavour, but not equal to the preceding. 



Range : — Coasts of Queensland from south to north. 



Family II— ALBULID^. " The Lady-Fishes." 

 Genus 3— ALBULA Gronow, ZoophylL, 1763, p. 102. 



3. glossodonta Forskal. " Lady-Fish." 



Descr. Anim., 1775, p. 68 : Jeddah (as Argentina glossodonta) — Jordan 

 & Evermami, Bull, U.S. Bur. Fisher., xxiii, p. Ogilby, Proc. Roj^ 

 Soc. Queensl., xxi, p. 87 (as A. vulpes). 



Figure : — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., vi, pi. 12, fig. 1 (as Conorhynchus glossodon). 



Dimensions : — To about 900 millim. 



Uses : — Held in Uttle estimation for the table. 



Range : — Coasts of Queensland from south to north. 



Family III— CHIROCENTRID^. " The Wole Herrings." 

 Genus 4— CHINOCENTRUS Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 1, ii, 1817, p. ll8{dorab). 



4. dorab Forskal. " Wolf Herring." 



Descr. Anim., 1775, p. 72 ; Red Sea (as Clupea dorab) — Giinther, Catal., vii, 

 p. 475 ; Macleay, Catal., 905. 



*" Neither I nor any of our local fishermen have ever seen or heard of a specimen exceeding 

 the above measurement, and we look with grave suspicion on the statemeiit published by Kent, 

 and copied by Stead, that it attains a length of five feet on our coast. 



