MEDDELELSER FRA DET ZOOLOGISKE MUSEUM, KRISTIANIA 



Nr. 5. 



A Contribution to the Ichthyology of 

 North -West Australia. 



By 

 Hial mar Rendahl. 



1 he present paper 

 and marine fishes, which 

 the Norwegian zoologist, 

 Doctor Knut Dahl, du- 

 ring an expedition for 

 biological purposes to 

 North-West Australia in 

 the years 1894-1895. 

 The material in question 

 belongs to the R. Zoolo- 

 gical Museum in Chri- 

 stiania, by which the task 

 of its determination was 

 entrusted to me, a work, 

 that I have carried out 

 at the State Museum of 

 Natural History in Stock- 

 holm. 



The main part of 

 the fishes in Dr. Dahl's 

 collection consists of fresh- 

 water fishes, which he col- 

 lected in different locah- 

 ties in the western and 



is based on a collection of fresh water 

 collection has been brought together by 



Fig 1. Map-skelcti showing Itie localih'es in 

 Arnhem Land, visited by Dr. Dahl. 



Abbreviations : 



S. All. R. = South Alligator River. M. R. 

 = Mary River. K. R. = Mc. Kinley River. 

 AD. R. = Adelaide River. D. R. = Daly River, 

 V. R. = Victoria River. X = Uniya, Dr. Dahl's 

 head-quaters at Daly R. O = Hermit Kill. 

 -\- =; Glencoe. 



