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A briei summary of the life history of this species may be given as follows : — It migrates from the 

 streams and rivers to the sea between some date after midsummer until after autumn. Whether 

 three separate migrations can be distinguished or net remains yet to be proved. Clarke makes use 

 of the term " periodically," im] lying that the migration seawards of all individuals does not neces- 

 sarily take place at the same time. Towards the end of winter the parent fish, which have spawned 

 in the sea, return to fresh water. The young appear off the coasts in the early spring months, but 

 escape observation on account of their transparency. These young enter the rivers and streams 

 around the coast until about the end of November, when a marked decrease in the supply of commercial 

 whitebait becomes apparent. 



The following i^ a short bibliography of the most important papers on the species: — 



Best, Elsdon, i-ioi. Maori Origins, part 2; Tr. N.Z. Inst, xxxiii, pp. 467-471. 



Best, Elsdon, [903. food Products of Tuhoeland ; Tr. N.Z. Inst, xxxv., pp. 45-111. 



Clarke, F, E„ 1899. Notes on New Zealand Galaxiidae, more especially those of the western 

 slopes, with descriptions of new species, itc. ; Tr. N.Z. Inst xxxi., pp. 78-91. 



Gibson, E., 1903. Notes on the New Zealand Whitebait; Tr. N.Z, Inst, xxxv., p. 311. 



Hector. Sir [., 1903. Notes on the New Zealand Whitebait ; Tr. N.Z, Inst, xxxv., pp. 312-319. 



Hutton, F. YV.. 1872. Fishes of New Zealand ; Wellington, 93 pp. 



Mutton, F. W„ i.s.ii'. Notes on some New Zealand Fishes with description of a new species; 

 Tr. N.Z. Inst, xxvnt., pp. 314-318. 



Johnston. R. M., 1883. General and critical observations on the Fishes of Tasmania ; Proc. 

 Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1882, pp. 51-144. 



McCulloch, A. K.. [915. The migration of the Jolly-tail or Eel-gudgeon, Galaxias attennatus, 

 from the sea to fresh water ; Austr. Zool. i. 2, pp. 47-49- 



McKenzie, A. J ., 1903. Notes on the Whitebait of New Zealand ; Tr. N.Z. Inst, xxxv., pp. 309-310. 



Meek, A.. 1916. The Migrations of Fish. 427 pp. 



Ke:an. C. Tate, 1906. A Revision of the Fishes of the Family Galaxiidae ; P.Z.S. Lond., 1905, 

 ii., pp. 363-384. 



Regan, C. Tate, 1913. Antarctic Fishes of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ; Tr. Roy. 

 Soc. Edinb. xlix. 2, pp. 229-292. 



Regan, C. Tate, 1914. Fishes in British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition 1910 ; Zool. i. 1, 

 pp. 1-54. 



Regan, C. Tate, 1915. Antarctic Fishes of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ; Scientific 

 Results of the Scotia, 1902-1,04, Zcol. iv., pp. 311-374. 



Sherrin, R. A. A., 1886. Handbook of the Fishes of New Zealand, 307 pp. 



