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fish” of the settlers. C£ Rays, D. 16, delicate black rays ; 
A. 15, do. ; P. 12 ; V. 6.” Lower jaw equal to the head 
in length. Caught by the seine, 3rd March, 1841. 
Inhabits sandy bays, but approaches the shore only in 
summer. It is very delicate eating. 
MuRiENIDiE. 
No. 52. — Murcena ? vel Sphagebranchus. — Native name 
Kalet. The eel figure, nat. size. Dorsal fin continu- 
ous for about three and a half inches behind the snout to 
the point of the tail: its rays very delicate ; anal like the 
dorsal, but commencing behind the vent. One small lobe 
in the gills, about the size of a pin’s head ; no other percep- 
tible opening. 
Caught at the mouth of Oyster Harbour, 16th August, 
1841. 
I.OPHOBRANCHI. 
No. 56. — Ostracian flavig aster, Gray. Richardson, 
Zool. Trans. 3. p. 164, p. 11, f. 1. — Native name, Conde 
or Koode. “ Rays, D. 10; A. 9; P. 11, &c.” 
This fish is not eaten by the natives, who abhor it. It 
is seen only in the summer, and in shallow sandy bays. 
Caught in a net in October, 1841. 
No 51. — Monacanthus. — Native name, Tabaduch. 
Rays, D. 28; A. 26 ; P. 12; C 12. 
Very rare, scarcely ever seen by the Aborigines. Caught 
by hook, August, 1841. 
No. 49 .—Monacanthus. — Not known to the Aborigines. 
Rays, D. 32 ; A. 30 ; C. 12; P. 11. Eye yellow; dorsal 
spine short. 
Taken in deep water by Mr. Johnson, off the Commissa- 
riat stores, near a sunken rock, in deep water. 
