40 FISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF N.S.W., 



143. Atherina Linn., Syst. Nat. 10th Ed., 1758, p. 315 (hepsetus) . 



A . Anal with ten rays. microstoma ( 143a i . 



AA. Anal with eighteen rays. jacksoniana (143b>. 



143a. A. microstoma. Silverside. Id. Gthr., Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, iii, 

 1861. p. 401. Taeniomembras microstoma MeCulIoeh, Zool. Res. Endea- 

 vour i. 1, 1911, p. 32, pi. 10, 2 (PI. sv). 



Specimens are in the Australian Museum from Eden, New South Wales. 

 Length about 3 inches. 



143b. A. jacksoniana. Id. Quoy & Gaimard, Yoy. Uranie, 1825, p. 333. 

 The generic position of this species is uncertain. It has not been recognised 

 since it was first described in 1825. 



144. Hepsetia Bonaparte, Fauna Italica, fasc. 91 (bvgeri) . 



144a. H.pinguis. Hardyhead. Atherina pinguis Lacep., H.N. Poiss. v, 

 1803, p. 372, pi. 11, 1; Id. Ogilby, Mem. Qld. Mus. i, 1912, p. 38, pi. 

 12, 1 (PI. sv). 



Abundant, congregating in shoals. Length inches. 



145. Craterocephalus McCulloch, P. Eoy. Soc. (J Id. xxiv, 1912, p. 48 



(fluviatilis) . 

 145a. C. fluviatilis. Freshwater Silverside. Id. McCulloch, Tom. cit., 



p. 49, pi. 1, 1 (PI. xv). 

 Abundant in the streams of the Murray River system. Length about 3 inches. 



140. Iso Jordan & Starks, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxiv, 1901, p. 205 (flos- 

 maris) . 

 140a. I. rhothophilus. Surf Fish. Tropidostethus rhothophilus Ogilby, 

 P.L.S.N.S.W. (2) x, 1895, p. 323; Id. Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus. v, 

 1904, p. 234, pi. 25, 2 (PL xv) . 

 An aberrant atherine which lives in the surf near Sydney, and is sometimes 

 very abundant. Length about 2 inches. 



147. Pseudomugil Kner, Novara Zool. i, 1807, p. 275 (signifer) . 

 147a. P. signifer. Blue-eye. Id. Kner, Tom. cit., pi. 13, 5 (PI. xv). 



A minute fish, abundant in the coastal streams arid waterholes and entering 

 salt water. The male is very ornate with produced tin-rays. Length 2 inches. 



148. MelanOTAENIA Gill, P. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1862, p. 280 (nigrum,). 

 148a. M. nigrans. Fresh-water Sun-fish. Atherina nigrans Richardson, 



A.M.N.H. xi, 1843, p. 180. Strabo nigrofasciatus Kner & Steindach- 



ner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien liv. 1866, pp. 373, 395, pi. 3, 10 (PI. xv). 



An ornate and very variable fish which has been described under many generic 



and specific names. It is plentiful in the fresh waters of both eastern and 



western streams. Length about 4 inches. 



LXXV. Family Sphyraenidae. 



149. Sphyraena Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 109 (sphyraena). 

 A. Ventrals inserted below the adpressed pectorals. oblusata (149a). 

 AA. Ventrals inserted behind the ends of the pectorals. 



B. First dorsal spine behind that of the ventral. novae-hollandiae (149b) . 

 BB. First dorsal spine before that of the ventral. ivaitii (149c). 



