98 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



7. robustus Ogilby. " Blue Sprat." 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxii, pt. 1, 17 Sept. 1897, p. 64 (as Spratelloides 

 robustus) — id., Ann. Queensl. Mus., No. 9, p. 5. 

 Un/igured. 



Dimensions : — To about 100 millim. 

 Uses : — A delicious little fish, which would make an excellent sardine. 



Range : — Coast of South Queensland, visiting our shores in enormous shoals 

 during the winter months. 



Genus 7— DUSSUMIERIA Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xx, 1847, 

 p. 467 {acuta). 



S. hasseltii Bleeker. 



Nat. Tijds. Nederl. Ind., i, 1851, p. 422 : Java ; Ogilby, Mem. Queensl. 

 Mus., iii, p. 134. 

 Figure : — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., vi, j)!. 271, fig. 2. 

 Dimensions : — To at least 170 milhm. 

 Range : — Coast of North Queensland. Cape York {Ogilby). 



Subfamily f3 — HYPERLOPHIN.E. " The Rough-backed Sprats." 



Genus 8— HYPERLOPHUS Ogilby, Rec. Austr. Mus., ii, pt. 2, Aug. 1892, 

 p. 26 {sprattellides). Syn. — Omochetus (subgenus) Ogilby 1897. 



9. sprattellides Ogilby. " Silver Sprat." 



Ibid., p. 24 (as Clupea sprattellides) — id., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xx, 

 1897, p. 72 (as H. copii). 

 Unfigured. 



Dimeyisions :- — To about 100 millim. 



Uses : — A delicate and delicious httle fish ; " destined to become the \evy 

 finest sardine of commerce" {Ogilby). ^'-^ 



Range : — Coasts of South Queensland, visiting our bays and sandy beaches in 

 immense shoals during the winter months. 



Subfamily y — CLUPEIN.E. " The True Herrings." 



Genus 9 — AMBLYGASTER Bleeker, Journ. Ind. Arch., iii, 1849, p. 70 

 {dupeoides). Sjai. — Clupanodon Jordan & Evermann 1896 ; not of 

 Lacepede 1803." 



10. neopilchardus Steindachner. " Pilchard." 



Denk. Akad. Wien., xh, 1879, p. 12 (as Clupea neopilchardus) — Castelnau, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Vic, i, p. 187 ; Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 iv, p. 371 (as C. sagax) — Ogilby, Rep. Mar. Dept. Queensl., 1911, p. 15. 

 Figure : — Ogilby, Edib. Fish. N. S. Wales, pi. 45 (as C. sagax). 

 Dimensions : — To at least 280 milUm. 



Uses : — An excellent food-fish, which will some day be recognized as a valuable 

 national asset. 



Range : — Coast of South Queensland to as far north as Hervey Bay. Moreton 

 Bay {Ogilby). Off Cape Moreton {Endeavour Coll.). 



*2 Queensland Nat^iralist, ii, p. 30. 



