142 CHANOS SALMONEUS IN MORETON BAY. 
reasonably conclude that, like the Gourami, it inhabits 
fresh water there also. 
The range of Chanos salmoneus appears to be very 
great; it is to be found in the Red Sea, where it is known 
as “ Auged,” a name signifying grapes, raisins, or wine. 
In India it is known as the ‘Milk Fish.” It is also found 
at Zanzibar, the Seychelles, Ceylon, Penang, Formosa, 
Cape York, Port Essington, and numerous other places. 
Its clipper-like form and powerful fins evidence great 
speed, and this may in some degree account for its wide- 
spread habitat. For its safety, also, speed appears 
indispensible, as it possesses no teeth or other weapon of 
defence. 
In a fresh state, the eye and post-orbital space is covered 
by a very thick and transparent kind of adipose tissue. 
There is also a remarkable feature presented by the little 
horny plates on either side of the profoundly lobed tail, and 
at the base of each of the other fins. 
Dr. Gunther states that Chanos salmoneus attains a 
length of four feet, and that its flesh is highly esteemed. 
BE XELLB LTS: 
The following objects were exhibited:—The skull and 
femur of Thylacoleo, from the Darling Downs; cobalt ore 
from Kilkivan; the Jabiru and its eggs; and the fish 
Chanos salmoneus, Forsk., Osphronemus olfax (the 
gouramt), Osteoglossum leichhardti (the Barramundi of 
the Dawson River), in illustration of the several papers 
read. Mr. C. W. De Vis also drew attention to a 
fine example of Patcecus fronto, a curious Blenny which 
had been found on the main beach opposite Southport; 
and Mr. J. Falconer, C.E., exhibited cores obtained in 
boring, as illustrating the occurrence of an apparently 
valuable class of coal from a new locality, in the Moreton 
Bay District, for that mineral. There was also laid on the 
table, on behalf of Mr. J. Thorpe, a chart showing the record 
of a self-registering aneroid barometer, made at Brisbane 
during the month of July, with indications of the prevailing 
barometric conditions in the southern colonies during the 
same time. 
