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Records of the S.A. Museum 



Fiff. 70. Nrosilitrus In/rtlii. 



Tn the last (iiiotod pajicr. Zietz cii-onpoiisly presumed that A", hyrtlii has ])ut 

 six barbels. Castelnau's eniiut of a similai- iinml)er in his N. aii'<frn]is may be due 

 to imperfeetions in the sinp'lc speeimen examined, or to his eharaeteristie 

 earelessness. 



Order SYMBRANCHII. 



Family SYMBRANCHIDAE. 



CHEILOBRANCHUS Richardson, 1845 (dorsaiis). 



CHEILOBRANCHUS RUFUS Macleay (Rhore Eel). 



CJfilobranchns rtiftis Mac!., P.L.S., X.S.W., vi. 1.S81. p. 2B(i ; Waite, Kee. Aust. 



Mus., vi, 1906, p. 195, pi. xxxvi, i\g. 1. 

 Sjimbranchits hfii</((l('nsis Zietz, T.R.8.. S.A.. xxxii. 1!)()(S. p. "JfKi (not l^leek.). 



Fig. 71. ChcilobiaiicJtuN nifiis. 



This little fish, the relationship of which is somewhat doubtfnl, is coloured 

 green when alive; it ehanp-es to red in certain preservatives, hence the name 

 rufus. 



Order A P O D E S . 



Family ANGUIIXIDAE. 



ANGUILLA Shaw, 1808 (anguilla). 



ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS Richardson (Short-finned Eel). 



Avcjmlla australis Rieh., P.Z.S., 1841, p. 22 and Zool. Ereb. & Terr., 1848, p. 112, 

 pi. xlv, fig. 1-6. 



