FISH AND FISHERIES. 107 
was Ka-ee-va. The fish was not common, and considered too bony to be 
good as food. The flavour is good enough, but the bones make it 
useless, The average size is 10 to 14 inches. 
W. Australian Herring. 
C. erebi has been found (says Count Castelnau) in Western and 
North-western Australia, as well as inthe Norman and Brisbane Rivers, 
Queensland. In the latter place it goes by the name of the sardine. 
Mr Bostock, of Swan River, says that it is known there as the 
“herring, ” quantities being smoked with Banksia wood or sawdust and 
sold. It is said to be excellent eating, but not likely to become of 
much economical importance, as its habits are not gregarious. 
The fishes of the eastern rivers are of a less exclusively fresh-water 
character than those of the western. We have the “perch” (Lates 
colonorum), frequently found in salt water, the “mullet” (Mugil dobula), 
visiting the sea annually after attaining the adult state, and the same 
has been found to be the case with the “eel” (Anguilla australis). 
The “herring” of these rivers also (Clupea nove-hollandie) is 
frequently found down in salt water. These four species are in all the 
rivers of the east coast, and are all good fish—the perch has been 
mentioned before among the salt-water fishes; and also the mullet, 
the eel, and the herring. In addition to these there are in the Cox, 
Nepean, and other tributaries of the Hawkesbury, a species of Apogon, 
several species of Hleotris, and a Centropogon. Further north, in the 
Clarence and Richmond Rivers, we find an additional mullet (Mugil 
petardi), an additional perch (Zates curtus), and what is very 
remarkable, two of the fishes of the Murray system—the “cod” 
(Oligorus macquariensis), which is got in some branches of the 
Clarence, and the “cat-fish” (Copidoglanis tandanus), abundant in 
the Richmond. ’ 
The Apogon. 
Apogon is asmall fish of the perch tribe, and belongs to a genus of 
brilliantly coloured “coral fishes.” Very few species out of nearly 100 are 
found out of the tropics, and fewer still are fresh-water. Our species 
(A. giintheri) is about 4 inches long, of brownish pink colour without 
spots or bands. On each side there is also a golden tinge, and all the 
scales are covered with minute black dots. Mr. Macleay thinks it is 
A. nove-hollandie Val. It occurs in Port Phillip and Tasmania, as 
well as Port Jackson. 
The River Gobies. 
Eleotris is one of the Gobies, from which the genus differs only in not 
having the ventral fins coalescent. They are, for Gobies, rather large 
fishes, tropical, and more fresh-water than marine. Some occur in the 
inland waters of the African continent. Our species is Z. australis, 
Krefft, a fish of about 5 inches in length, occurring in all the eastern rivers 
and creeks. Itis of ayellowish-brown colour, covered with minute black 
spots in five or six longitudinal lines. The tail is spotted, and the base 
of the pectoral fins a bright yellow; there are also some faint bands on 
the second dorsal. The head is scaly to the obtuse snout, the lower jaw 
prominent, and the teeth in viliform bands. 
