235 



Distribution — Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, 

 'South Australia. 



Genus, Agonostoma, Benn. (1830). 



83. Agonostoma forsteri, Cuv. and Val. 



Hist. Nat., Poiss., xi., 1836, p. 141. Voy. Ereb. and Terr., 

 ,pl. xxri., figs. 1-4. (Fresh-water Mullet.) 



Lower Murray, South Australia. 



Distribution — New South Wales, South Australia, Vic- 

 toria, Western Aiistra.lia,<i' Tasmania. 



Genus, Myxus, Giinth. (1861). 



84. Myxus elongatus, Giinth. 



Cat. Fish, iii., p. 466. Kner, Vov. Novara. Fish. p. 

 :230. Macleav. Proc. Linn. Soc. X.S.AV.', iv.. p. 426. (Sand 

 Mullet.) 



South Australian coast. 



Distribution — Queensland, New South Wales, South 

 Australia, Victoria, Lord Howe Island. 



Family, SPHYR^NID^. 

 Genus, Sphyr^na, B1. Schn. (1801). 



85. Sphyraena novae -hollandiae, Giinth. 



Cat. Fish, ii.,_ 1860, p. 335. Ogilby, Edible Fish, N.S.W., 

 pi. XXX. (Australian Pike.) 



South Australian coast. 



Distribution — New South Wales, South Australia, Vic- 

 toria, Western Australia. 



86. Sphyraena obtusata, Cuv. and Val. 



Hist. Nat., Poiss., iii., 1829, p. 350. Giinth. Fische der Siidsee, 

 pi. cxix., fig. B. (Australian Pike.) 



Only one specimen from Gulf St. Vincent. 



Distribution — This species is known from the Pacific 

 Ocean, and has also been recorded from the coast of New 

 "South Wales. 



87. Sphyraena mordax, Giinth. 



Ann. and Mag., Nat. Hist., 1872, vol. x., p. 183. Dino- 

 lestes, Mulleri, Klunz, Arch. f. Naturg., 1872, p. 29. tab. _3. 

 Noesphyrfena multiradiata, Cast., Proc. Zool. Soc, Vict., i., 

 p. 96. 



South Australian coast, 14 fathoms depth ; 1 specimen 

 (Mr. Alf. Searcy) ; a second specimen received from Mr. Ed. 

 l)aw. 



(1) In Western Australia this fish is called '"Pilchard." See 

 list of the fishes of Western Australia, published in 1902, by B. 

 H. Woodward. 



