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the title ' ' Synopsis of the Fishes of New South Wales" ( i- ) . This, in tnrn, is to 

 be superseded by an '^Illustrated Check-list." l)y Allan R. MeCulloeh (i^), of 

 Avhich a first part aj)peared in 1919. 



Victoria. The only list of ^'ietorian fishes extant was produced by A. H. S. 

 Lucas in 1880, under the title "A Systematic Census of Indifj:enous Fish, 

 hitherto recorded from Victorian Waters" (^'^). 



Queensland. The publication of a "Check-list of the Cephalochordates, 

 Selachians and Fishes of Queensland" has been undertaken by Og'ilby (i^), but 

 so far one part only, published in 191(i, and dealing with the Protochordata 

 Mars^pohrdiichii and liiospondyli, has aj^peared. I understand it is doubtful if 

 the state of my old colleague's health will ptn-mit him to continue the work. 



South Australia. Tlie present catalogue is the first completed list of the 

 fishes of South Australia to be published, though one previous attempt is to be 

 chronicled. In 1908, 1909, A. H. C. Zietz issued three parts under the title, "A 

 Synopsis of the Fishes of South Australia" (i^). The Leptocardii, Cyclostomata 

 and portion of the TdeoRtei Avere included. 



Western Australia. A bare list of the fishes of this State, compiled b}- 

 Bernard H. Woochvard, was published in 1902 (i'^). 



General subject. Though not confined to strictly systematic records, the 

 following publications may be mentioned : 



R. A. A. Sherrin, Handbook of the Fishes of New Zealand, 1886. 



J. E. Tenison Woods, Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales, 1883. 



J. Douglas Ogilby, Edible Fishes and Crustaceans of New South Wales, 



1893. 

 F. G. Aflalo, A Sketch of the Natural History of Australia, 1896. 

 David G. Stead, Fishes of Australia, 1906. 

 David G. Stead, Edible Fishes of New South Wales, 1908. 

 T. G. Roughley, Fishes of Australia and their Technology, 1916. 



The publications of scientific Societies and Institutions in many parts of the 

 world contain articles on Australian fishes, and references to most of these will 

 be found in the text. 



Acknowledgments. I am indebted to the Trustees of the Australian 

 Museum for lending books and the beautiful drawings made, in illustration of 



(12) Waite, Mem. N.S.Wales Nat. Ohib, No. 2, 1904. 



(13) McCulloch, Aust. Zoologist, i, 1919. 



(14) Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soe. Vict, (n.s.), ii, 1890. 



(15) Ogilby, Mem. QueensL Mus., v, 1916. 



(16) Zietz, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aiist., xxxii, 1908; xxxiii, 1909. 



(17) Woodward, Western Australian Year Book, 1902. 



