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A Synopsis of the Fishes of South Australia. 

 Part II. 



By A. ZiETz, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., etc. 



[Read October 6, 1908. J 



Order, TE LEO ST EI (True Fishes). 

 Sub-order, M ALAGOPTEEYGII. 

 Family, CLUPEID^. 

 Sub-family, ENGRAULIN^. 

 Genus, Engraulis, Cuv. (1817). 

 33. Engraulis antipodum, Giinth. 

 Cat. Fish., vii., 1868, p. 386. (Anchovy.) 

 The only time that I observed this fish was at Port 

 Willunga, when great numbers leapt out of the water upon 

 the sand. 



Distribution — New South Wales, South Australia, Vic- 

 toria, Tasmania, New Zealand. 



Genus, Etrumeus, Bleek. (1853). 

 34. Etrumeus jacksoniensis, Macleay. 

 Proc. L.S., New South Wales, iii., 1878, p. 36, pi. iv., fig. i. 

 Gulf St. Vincent. I once noticed several specimens in 

 a fishshop in Adelaide. Only four specimens are on record 

 — three in the Australian Museum, Sydney, and one in the 

 South Australian Museum. 



Sub-family, CLUPEIN^. 



Genus, Clupea, Cuv. 



35. Clupea sagax, Jen. 



(Australian Pilchard or Sardine.) 



Gulf St. Vincent and Spencer Gulf. 



Distribution — New South Wales, South Australia, Vic- 

 toria, Tasmania, New Zealand. 



Genus, Dorosoma, Rafin (1820). 

 36. Dorosoma Erebi, Giinth. 



Cat. Fish., vii., 1868, p. 407. Rich. Voy. Ereb. and Terr., 

 pi. xxxviii., figs. 7-10. 



Lake Alexandrina, South Australia (Bony Bream). 



Distribution — New South Wales, South Australia, Vic- 

 toria. 



