500 
Muraena australis (Richardson) 
Anguilla australis RICHARDSON, ^roc. Zool. Soc. London, 1841, 
p. 22. Port Authur, Tasmania, in fresh water; Trans. Zool. 
Soc. London, vol. 3, 1841, p. 157 (type). -- JENYNS, Zool. 
Voy. Beagle, Fishes, vol. 4, 1842, p. 142 (New Zealand). -- 
RICHARDSON, Ichth. Voy. Erebus and Terror, vol. 2, 1844-48, 
p. 112 (Tasmania, New Zealand, Auckland Island). 
KAUP, 
Archiv Naturg., 1856, pt. 1, p. 56 (reference); Cat. Apodal 
Fish Brit. Mus., 1856, p. 53 (Tasmania, New Zealand, Auck¬ 
land Island). — Gt)NTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 8, 
1870, p. 36 (types; New Zealand; Australia; South Austral¬ 
ia). — CASTELNAU, r roc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, vol. 1, 1872, 
p. 192 (Yarra, Victoria, Tasmania); Record London Internet. 
Exhib., 1873, pt. 7, No. 5, p. 16 (Victoria). ~~ SCHMELTZ, 
Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 5, 1874, p. 37 (Viti Leuw). -- 
CASTE LIEU, "roc. Linn. Soc. N ew South Wales, vol. 3, 1878, 
p. (355) 396 (Port Jackson). — HECTOR, N-andbook New Zeal¬ 
and, 1879, p. 16 
SCHMELTZ, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 7, 
1879, p. 59 (Viti Levw). — KLUNZINGER, Sitz . Ber. Akad. 
Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Klasse, vol. 80, pt. 1, 1879, p. 
418 (Yarra River). — MACLEAY, Rroc. Linn. Soc. New South 
Wales, vol s 6, 1881-82, p. 267 (Tasmania, Victoria, New 
South Wales). — OGILBY, Cat. Fishes New South Wales, 1886, 
p. 58. -- PERUGIA, Ann. Mus. Civico Stor. Nat. Genova, vol. 
34, 1894, p. 553 (Inawi, New Guinea). — 
