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Records of the S.'A. Museum 



All oxccllciil lahlc fish, hiil ;is \\i11i iiuiiiy (tf oiii- Kivcr Murray fish, ('atclics 

 arc seiil fo Melbourne rather Ihaii to Adelaide. 



OLIGORUS Giinther, 1859 finae((uariensis). 

 OLIGORUS MACQUARIENSIS Cuvier & Valenciennes (Murray ("od, Poudij. 



(i)i/sfrs )jiarqiuirirvsis Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 182!). p. r)8 : (iueriu, 

 Icon. Heo'. Auim. Poiss., 1844, pi. v. fiji'. 2; Kich., Zool. Erel). & Terr., 1848, 

 ]). 118, pi. liii. 



Orijstes hrisbonii Less., Voy. (Axpnlle, Zool. ii, 18:^)1, j). 227. 



Gristes peelii Mitch., Exp. Aust., i, 1888, p. !).'>, pi. v, «<■•. 1. 



Oligorns macquanensh Giiutli., Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., i, 18r)9, p. 251; MeCoy, 

 Prod. Zool. Yiet., dee. ix, 1884, pi. Ixxxv, Ixxxvi ; Oo'il., Edib. Fish. N.S.W., 

 1893, p. 17, pi. Tiii; Stead, Edil). Fish. N.8.W., 1908, p. 56, pi. xxiv; 

 Poiighiey, Fish. Aust., 1916, p. 62, pi. xvi. 



Oligorus mitchellii Cast., P.Z.S., Viet., ii, 1878, p. 150. 



Ilomodemus cavifrons De Vis, P.L.S., N.S.W., ix, 1884, p. 396. 



Oligorus giUiceps Mael., P.L.S., N.S.W., x, 1885, p. 267. 



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Fig-. 135. Olif/orus in((C(iU(iricnsis. 



The largest and most esteenu'd tVesli-water fish: is smoked and eured iu 

 variou.s ways. Attains to a length of nearly 5 feet and a weight of 100 lb. 



COLPOGNATHUS Khmzing-er, 1880 (dentex). 

 COLPOGNATHUS DENTEX Cuvier & Valenciennes Jiarlequin Fish). 



Flectropoma dentex Cux. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii. 1828, p. 394; Qnoy & Gaim., 

 Voy. Astrol., 1835, p. 6()0. pi. iv fig. 2; Pieh., Zool. Ereb. & Terr., 1848, 

 p. 117, pi. Ivii, fig. 3-5. 



Plectropoma richardsonii Giinth., P.Z.S., 1861, p. 391, pi. xxxviii. 



