LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Facing 

 Page. 



Frontispiece. CRESTED WEED-fiSH (Cn slice ps aurantiaciis] 



I. FRESHWATER CATFISH (Copidoglanis tandanus] 40 



II. WIRRAH (Acanthistius serratus) 102 



III. KELP-FlSH (Chironemus marmoralus) 118 



IV. SILVER PERCH (Terapon ellipticus) 122 



V. DoLPHiN-FiSH (Corypli(Ena hippurus] 172 



VI. BLACK SOLE (Synaftura nigra} 182 



VII. RED RocK-Coo (Scorpana cruenta) 192 



VIII- STONELIFTER (Kathetostoma lave] 206 



IX. HAIR-TAILED BLENNY (Xiphasia setifer] 212 



FIGURES IN THE TEXT. 



Fig. Page. 



1. Estuary Perch (Percolates coloncrum] 3 



2. Dorsal Fins of Australian Fishe.s 7 



3. Caudal Fins of Australian Fishes 8 



4- Types of Cycloid Scales 1 1 



5. Types of Ctenoid or Comb-like Scales 12 



6. Snouts of Australian Fishes 13 



7. Giant Herring (Elcps saurus) 24 



8. Barramundi (Scleropages leichhardti) 26 



9. Dorab (Chirocentrus dorab) 26 



10. Pilchard (Clupanodon neopilcJiardus) 28 



1 1 . Herring (Sardinella castelnaui] 30 



12. Rainbow Trout (Salmc iridtus\ 34 



13. Beaked Salmon (Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus) 37 



14. Forepart of Salmon-Catfish (Galeichthys australis) 42 



15. Common Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) 45 



1 6. Tasmanian Minnow (Galaxias truttaceus) 49 



17. Australian Grayling (Prototroctes marcena; 52 



18. Sergeant Baker (Aulopus purpurissatus) 54 



19. Lancet-Fish (Alepidosaurus ferox) 55 



20- Flute-Mouth (Fistularia serrata] 58 



21. Little Bellows-Fish (Centriscus gracilis] 59 



