ON NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF FISHES. 
By J. DOUGLAS OGILBY. 
Read betore the Royal Society of Queensland, 
March 23rd, 1907. 
AN analysis of the following paper shows that it deals 
in one way or another with 38 species of fishes, all but two 
of which belong to Queensland. The addition of these 
36 species to the fauna of the State is due to the enter- 
prise and acumen of the members of the Amateur Fisher- 
men’s Association of Queensland, and of those friends, 
equally of both sexes, who, though as yet, unfortunately, 
not members, have spared neither time nor trouble in 
collecting and forwarding objects of interest. The fact 
that such an addition has been made to our fauna during 
the short space of twelve months through the medium of 
a comparatively small and struggling Association, calls 
attention to some points of profound interest to all those 
to whom the future welfare of our great State is a matter 
of thoughtful study. Primarily it emphasizes the magni- 
tude of the work which still remains to be done in eluci- 
dating the problems connected with the marine zoology 
of the State ; and it has to be remembered that with this 
elucidation is intimately connected an industry, which, 
being unaffected either by drought or flood, is more stable 
and permanent than either pastoral or mining pursuits 
which Nature brings in profuse abundance to our very 
doors—which recuperates itself for the heavy annual toll 
which we take from it without the cost of a penny piece 
to the community—and which, though now small and 
neglected, cannot fail in time to be one of the most reliable 
as well as the most valuable assets of the State. Secondarily 
it proves the utility of this and kindred Associations, so 
long as they keep ever in view that the primal reason of 
their existence is to encourage the preservation of our 
fishes, and to foster the development of our fisheries ; 
these two objects can only be successfully accomplished 
