40 Records of the S.A. Museum 



"A delicate and delicious little fish, destined to heeonie the very finest 

 sardine of eommeree." The back and belly ure both rough. 



Family GONORHYNCHIDAE 



GONORHYNCHUS Scopoli, 1777 (nonorhyuchus). 



GONORHYNCHUS GREYI Richardson (Sand Fish). 



Rynchana (jreiji Rich., Zool. Erel). (t Terr., 184."), p. 44, pi. xxix, fig. l-() and 



text fig. 

 Gotiorhynchus grriji Oiintli., Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vii, l.SHS, p. 'M'A. 

 Gonorhijnchus (jouorynchus Waite, Mem. X.S.W. Xat. Clu.b. ii, li)()4, p. 13; Stead, 



"Beaked Salmon," 1!)()8, plate and text fig. (scale). 

 GonorryncJius forsteri Ogil., Ann. (^Md. Mus., x, lilll, p. 84. 



J'^ig'. ~u . (iiiiiorli i/iicli ii.s (jrviji. 



A somewhat primitive marine fish, living on sandy stretch(>s, but seldom 

 seen; its body is almost circular in section: its Hesh white, firm and good to eat. 

 The undershot jaw is responsible for the name "Sand Shark"; it is also known 

 as "Beaked Salmon." 



Family GALAXIIDAE. 



GALAXIAS Cuvier, 1817 (truttaeeus). 



GALAXIAS ATTENUATUS Jenyns (Native trout, Pulangi). 



Galaxias truttaeeus Valenc, in Cuv., 111. Reg. Anim., 182!). pi. xcvii, fig. 1 (not 



Cuv.). 

 Mesites attenimfus Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, iii, 184'2, ]-». 121. pi. xxii, fig. o. 

 Galaxius scriba and G. (iftfi)u<tfiis Cuv. & \'al.. Hist. Xat. Poiss., xviii. 1846, 



p. 347, 348. 

 Galaxias inaculatus Rich., Zool. Erel). ;.V: Terr., 1848. j). 7.'). i)l. xliii, fig. 14-17 



(not Jenyns). 

 Galaxias minutus Philippi, Arch. f. Xaturg., xxiv, 1858, p. 30f). 

 Galaxias krefftii and G. punctatus Giinth.. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vi, 1866, p. 



211, 212. 



