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fish to be recommended is the Barramundi, before referred to. 

 The Barramundi ranks as one of the choicest of our food fishes ; 

 it is also, Hke the Palmer, a first-rate sportsman's fish, and in 

 beauty it is almost unrivalled. The Barramundi might without 

 difficulty be taken from the Dawson to Miles and placed in the 

 Condamine. This work might well engage the attention of 

 our recently formed Acclimatisation Society of Southern Queens- 

 land. An attempt should also be made to establish it in the Bris- 

 bane. Now is the time. The Golden Perch, Ctenolatesawbiguus, of 

 the River Murray, is commonly known there and in Melbourne 

 (whence it is sent in considerable numbers) as the Yellow-belly. 

 This fish is, in some respects, even more beautiful than the 

 Barramundi. It is thus described in Tenison Wood's " Fish 

 and Fisheries of New South Wales ": — "When fresh this fish is 

 " coloured very beautifully. The body is of a magnificent green 

 " and the sides and behind the dorsal ; the upper parts of the 

 *' body are rich golden. The head is a beautiful mixture of 

 " green, purple, yellow, and scarlet, with fine golden tinges ; the 

 " belly is white ; the dorsal fin purplish green and scarlet, with 

 " its base yellow and its end purple ; pectorals, scarlet at their 

 " base and yellow at their second half. The eye is purple, with 

 " an mterior white ring. These colours are subject to great 

 " variation and the belly is sometimes red. The young fish have 

 " little of the fine hues of the adults, and they are much more 

 " elongate. The head is purple and the dorsel fin is grey 

 " bordered with black. It is a very rich and delicate fish, and 

 " attains a weight of seven pounds or more." This perch 

 can be obtained in the Condamine ; live specimens might 

 easily be transferred to the Brisbane, where the species 

 would be regarded as a great acquisition. 



The Murray Cod, described by Gunther as ()h)/orus 

 macquariensis, is another member of the perch family which 

 bears a high character ; it is one of the two fishes that Dr. 

 Gunther thought worthy of being acclimatised in England. No 

 attempt, however, appears to have been made in this direction. 

 The Murray Cod is said to be known in the upper part of the 

 Brisbane. Its advent nearer to us would be hailed with delight. 

 This fish is too well known to need further description. As an 

 edible fish it is universally and justly regarded with high favour. 



