EDIBLE FISHES OF QUEENSLAND, BAFT II.—OGILBY. 
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Fis “ Anacanthini Gadoidei/' defining its position in the following words — 
Before entering into an account of the true Gadoid fishes, we must intercalate 
the type of a separate family, which, although having every character of a Gadoid, 
has true spines in the dorsal and anal fins, thus forming a connecting link between 
the Acanthopterygians and the Malaeopterygians. The structure of the dorsal 
fin, the presence of pyloric appendages, etc., prevent its being placed among the 
Blennoids. ” Four years later Steindachner* * * § reasserted its affinity with the 
blennies, and was subsequently supported by Gill, whof placed the family 
Gadopsidcp. between the Ccpolidcc and Clinida?. Gunther, however, adhered to his 
original opinion, since we find him in 1880:f retaining Gadopsis among the 
Anacanthini. Coming to more recent times Boulenger§ and Goodrich || both 
refer it to the Blenmidce , not even allowing it family rank. The latest announce- 
ment on the subject by Regan I have already reproduced. 
GADOPSIS MARMORATA Richardson. 
'Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, Zool. Erebus & Terror, ii, 1848, Ichth., p. 122, pi. lix, figs. 
6 to 11: Rivers in the southern parts of Australia If— Gunther, Brit. Mus. Catal. Fish., iv, 
1862, p. 3 1 8 — Stein (laclmer, Sitzb. Akad. Wien, lili, i, 1866, p. 457— Klun zinger, Arch. f. 
Nat., 1872, i, p. 38— Castelnau, Proc. Zool. & Accl. Soc. Vie., i, 1872, p. 160— id., Essay 
Edib. Fish. Vic., 1873, p. 14 — Klunzinger, Sitzb. Akad. Wien, lxxx, i, 1879, p. 393 — 
Rep. Roy. Comm. Fisher. N. S. Wales, 1880, p. 89— Maeleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 
vi, 1881, p. 112— Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc Tas., 1881 (1882), pp. 60 & 124— Woods, 
Fish & Fisher. N. S. Wales, 1882, p. 105— Ogilby, Catal. Fish. N. S. Wales, 1886, p. 37— 
Lucas, Proc, Roy. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) ii, 1890, p. 33— Johnston, ibid., 1890 (1891), pp. 26 
^ 85 Ogilby, Edib. Fish. & Crust, 1ST. S. Wales, 1893, p. 149 — Kent, Naturalist in Austr., 
1897. p. 156— Zietz, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., xxvi, 1902, p. 267— Waite, Synops. Fish. 
N. S. Wales, 1904, p. 53— Stead, Fish. Austr., 1906, p. 210, text-fig. 74— id., Edib. Fish. 
N. S. Wales, 1908, p. 116, pi. lxxx— McCulloch, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxxvi, 1911, 
p. 82. 
'Gadopsis gracilis McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vic., dec. iii, 1879, p. 39, pi. xxvii, fig. 2: 
Yarra River, Vic. 
Gadopsis gMosus McCoy, ibid., p. 41. 
Gadopsis fuscus Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wien, lxxxviii, i, 1884, p. 1105, pi. i, fig. 2: 
Fresh-waters of South Australia. 
Gadopsis sp. Maeleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, x, 1885, p. 267: Little River at Yass, 
N. S. W. 
* Sitzb. Akad. Wien, liii, 1866, p. 456. 
t “Families and Subfamilies of Fishes,” Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. Washington, yi, p. 136. 
t Study of Fishes, p. 537. 
§ Cambridge Nat. Hist., Fish., 1904, p. 709. 
|| In Lankester ? s Treatise on Zoology, pt. ix, 1909, p. 458. 
!f Castelnau (ibid. 1) states that Richardson’s type “was brought from Tasmania," and 
"the statement has doubtless influenced subsequent authors in their treatment of the species. 
There is, however, no justification whatever for this assertion, since Richardson distinctly 
gives the locality as above. Gunther, in his list of the specimens in the British Museum 
(1862), refers to what is possibly the type in the following terms: — 
a. Skin, in spirits. Australia. From Mr. Gould's collection. 
