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Mr. McCiilloch's papers, either hy himself or Miss Phyllis Clarke; to the Director 

 of the National Museiini, Melbourne, for the loan of books, and to my Assistant, 

 Mr. Herbert M. Hale, for taking- the photographs of the casts of fishes in this 

 Miisenm and for mnch general help. 



INTRODFCED FTSHKS. 



A number of exotic fishes have been introduciHl into South Australia; tlic 

 majority are kept in private tanks and aquaria and need not be enumerated. 

 Five species, however, have been liberated for economic purposes, and are fi^rmly 

 established as denizens of our fr^sh waters ; they are : 



Gold Carp (Carassius auratus Linn.). Asia, via Europe. 



Tench {Tinea tinea Linn.). Europe. 



Perch (Perca fluviatilis hinn.) . Europe. 



Brown Trout {Salnw trutta Linn.). Europe. 



Rainbow Trout {Salmo irideus Gibbons). California. 



All of these, excepting the Carp, were intentionally introduced into South 



Australia. The Trout were placed in the various reservoirs, and have thriven 



immensely; a Brown Trout was recently caught measuring 2 ft. 10^ in. in 



length. The Carp were originally introduced into Victoria, and entered our 



waters by way of the River Murray. I have seen hundreds of thousands of them 



taken from the irrigation drains and loaded into carts, but Adelaide did not 



receive a single fish, most of them being railed to Melbourne, where selling prices 



are higher than even in Adelaide. In consequence of this, the majority of our 



inland fishes are sent to the Victorian capital, and large numbers of marine 



species also, the exceptions being from such places as are within easy reach of 



our city. 



E. R. W. 



South Australian Museum, 



Adelaide, 21st February, 1921. 



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