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Records of the S.A. Museum 



Eiif/mulis ausiralis McCoy, Off. Rec rntcrc. Exhil). Melb.. lSB(j, p. 310; MfCull., 



Rec. Aiist. Mns., xiii, 1920, j). 48, pi. xii, fi<T. 1 (ref.). 

 EnyrauJis aiit'porliini Giintli.. ('i\\. Fisli. Bi-it. Miis., vii, 18fi8. p. '58(i. 

 En'jrdulis (iiitdrcficus Cast.. I'.Z.S. X'ict., i, 1872, p. 18(i. 



OT 



t'ijj'. -lO. EngrauUs (lastiali.s. 



Occasionally reported as oeenrriii^- in immense shoals off P]astern and Vic- 

 torian coasts. Has been similarly recorded here, hnt systematic observations are 

 needed, only possil)le Avhen a fisheries bureau is in.stituted oi\ a scientific basis. 

 Anchovies are valuable economic fishes. 



Family CLUPEIDAE. 



ETRUMEUS Bleeker, ISo;:} (micropus). 



ETRUMEUS JACKSONIENSIS Macleay Qlaray). 



Etrmnens jacksoniensis Macl., P.L.S., X.S.W., iii, 1878, p. 8(i, pi. iv, fig. 1 and iv, 

 1879, p. 382; Ooil., Edib. Fish. N.S.W., 1893, p. 186: McCulL, Rec. W.A. 

 Mus., i, 1914, p. 211, pi. xxix. 



Fiji'. .j1. Eiruineus jacksoniensis. 



Like the Pilchard, occurs in great shoals : it is somewhat similar to that fish 

 but can be at once distinguished by the round smooth belly, from which character 

 the name "Round Herrings" is applied to nu^mbers of this genus. 



