276 ME. C. TATE EEGAN ON PEESHWATEE FISHES 



1. FiSPIES FEOM THE MlMIEA RlYER. 



(B. 0. U. Collection.) 



Clvpea platygaster Giinth. 



,, argyrotwnia Bleek. 

 Engraulis scratchleyi Rams. & Ogilb. 

 Copidoglanis novce-guinece M. Web. 

 Belone krefftii Giiuth. 



,, strongylurus Bleek, 

 Therajion hahbemai M. Web. 

 Apogon sandei M. Web. 

 Carancc carangus Bloch. 

 Scicena helangeri Cuv. »& Val. 

 Toxotes chatareus Ham. Buch. 

 Mugil troscheli Bleek. 

 Mugil Gimnesius Cuv. & Val. 

 Atherinichthys nouhuysii M. Web. 

 Hhombosoma novce-guinece Earns. & Ogilb. 

 Meotris mogurnda Eichards. 

 Eleotris jimhriata M. Web. 

 Gohius celebius Cuv. & Val. 

 Periophthalmus schlosseri Pall. 

 Synajjtura villosa M. Web. 



2. Fishes fkom the Utakwa and Setakwa Eivees. 

 {Wollaston Collection.) 

 Ambassis reticulatus M. Web. Setakwa E. 

 Anisocentrus rubrostriatus Earns. & Ogilb. Setakwa E. 

 Gobius giiiris Ham. Buch. Utakwa E. 



3. A Eevision of the Melanot^niine Atherinice. 



In the rivers of Australia and New Guinea are found some Atherinid fishes which 

 have the body more strongly compressed and the anal fin more elongate than the more 

 typical members of the family ; most of them have the peculiarity that the spinous 

 dorsal fin is formed of a stout and pungent spine followed by several (3 to 6) slender 

 and flexible ones, which are prolonged into filaments in the males ; the latter also have 

 the posterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal produced. During growth the form 

 of the body changes considerably; it is usually much deeper in the adult than in the 

 young and also less regular, the profile of the anterior part of the back tending to 

 become concave, that of the thorax and abdomen convex. 



In their osteology these fishes do not differ in any way from the other Atheriuidte, 



