Annals Volume 1-10 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...the State Museum appear to agree more nearly with this species than with the typical P. perrotteti, the only other form with which 1t could be confounded. A new Australian record. Bums ANCYLOSTOMA Schneider, Syst. Ichth., p. 352, 1801; fam. Rhinobatidw. A specimen of this fine guitar-fish was captured some years ago in Moreton Bay, and forms now a part of the mounted collection in the State Museum. This is also an Australian record. Rnvncnosarns DJIDDENSIS (Forskiil), Descr. Anim., p. 18, 1775; fam. ead. Not uncommon on our coast. PTEROPLATEA AUSTIIALIS Ramsay & Ogilhy, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Vales, x, 1885, p. 575 (3. iv. 1886); fam. Dasyatidw. Not uncommon in Moreton Bay. STOLEPHORUS ROBCSTUS (Ogilby), Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxii, 17. ix. 1897, p. 64; fam. Glupeidm. Visits Southport in large shoals during the colder months. Ilwnntornrs corn Ogilby, ibid., p. 72; fam. ead. Same as preceding. EXONAUTES OXYCEPHALUS (Bleeker), Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., iii, 1852, p. 771; fam. Exocaefidw. There is a fine example of this species in the State Museum from Torres' Straits, thus entitling it to a place in our fauna and that of the Common-wealth.. Crrsrtnnns nnrmnocnnons (Ogilby), Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, x, et. vi. 1885, p. 123; fam. ead. Occurs in Moreton Bay. ICHTHYOCAMPUS CTNCTUS (Ramsay), Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.Wales, vii, 23. v. 1882, p. 111; fazn Syn_gnafkidcents. There is a single specimen from Moreton Bay in the State Museum. Lnmmnns ornnus (Forslral), Descr. Anim., p. 46, 1775; fam. Lufianidw. There is a fine specimen in the State Museum from the " Torres Group," thus constituting an addition to ' the fauna of Queensland and Australia. DAcTYLorUs DACTYLOPUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes), Hist. Nat