
ABORIGINES OF THE SOUTH-EAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA +85 
Salmon Trout (Arripis trutta), W. 4 1b. 
Jack Salmon (Arrigis trutte), Wo 1 to 8 Ib. 
Snapper (Pagrosomus auratus), W.4 to 17 1b., av. 8 to 9 1b, 
The fresh-water fish, excepting the eels, are mostly small, Some evidently 
formed an important article of diet at certain times. Thus G, French Angas near 
Rivoli Bay on May 2, 1844 (p. 155), came on some swamps where ‘‘the natives 
had built weirs of mud, like a dam wall, extending across from side to side, for 
the purpose of taking very small mucilaginous fiehes that abound in the water 
when these swainps are flooded’’. Mr. H. M. Hale first thought that these muci- 
laginous fishes were probably lampreys. This seems unlikely as the records of 
when lampreys have been taken in fresh-water streams in South Australia do not 
include the month of May. Later (p. 174) near Lake Frome, Angas’s party came 
upon a camp of the natives, where on ‘‘one fire were frying a quantity of yery 
small mucilaginous fishes, which the natives catch in weirs upon the swamps and 
in the shallow waters of Lake Frome’’, 
Fishes, Mr, D, Schulz’s notes state, were sometimes caught in the fresh- 
water swamps by building mud banks to form ‘‘traps’’ into which the fish were 
driven. This has also been mentioned by Angas, 
The Rev. J. H, Tenison Woods in Geological. Observations in South Austrakia 
1862 (p. 50) mentions emall fish called ‘‘Lap-lap,’’ never more than 2 inches 
long that. the natives seem to be fond of. 
Tn order to ascertain to what species the small mucilaginous fishes might 
belong, Mr, D. Schulz, of Rendlesham, kindly collected examples of the fresh- 
water fishes from the drain at, Narrow Neck, near Rendlesham, and these com- 
prised the following species. The weights of the examples are given. 
Cherax destructor Clark (17 grms. and 11 grms.). 
Pseudaphritis urvillid (190 girms.). 
Gadapsis marmoratus (45 grms,). 
Galaxias attenuatus (12 grms.), 
Nannoperca australis (1 grm,), 
CRUSTACEANS. 
The large Salt-water Crayfish (Jasus lalandti) can be obtained in great 
abundance under the ledges of rocks on the reefs of this coastline, It must haye 
formed an important and easily procurable source of food, The ease with which 
the exoskeleton can disintegrate may explain why none of these was ever noticed 
on the old camp sites. Mrs, Smith gives the names Kell-r and Ngum-ato for the 
Salt-water Crayfish. The lengths aud weights of some of the Salt-water Crayfish 
obtained during our stay were as follows: 84 in. (9 oz.), 10 im. (1 Jb.) 18 in, 
(7 1b.) ; we were informed that one had been obtained which weighed 9 lb. 
The Yabbie or Fresh-water Crayfish (Parachueraps bicarinatus) was known 
as Konkro, according to Mrs. Smith. A specimen taken in the Tiorrens gave a 
live weight of 14-7 gris. and waa 80 mm. (more than 3 in.) from tip of snout 
to tip of tail, 
A large crab collected during our stay proved to be Plagusia chaleus which 
oceurs on all the exposed coasts of South Australia and is known to be palatable 
as food. The Sand Crab (Ovalipes bipustulatus) and the big Reef Crab (Ozius 
truncatus) prabably occur. The big Blue Crab (Portunus pelagicns) has not 
been recorded. The Shrimps (Leander serenus and L. intermedius) would be 
found in pools amongst rocks, 
