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FISHES OF AUSTRALIA. 



In colour this fish is a pretty red, the upper surface 

 being of a deeper tint almost brownish. A broad dark 

 band runs along the body on each side, from the operculum, 

 and on the back of the tail is a large blackish spot. From 

 the last-mentioned character it has derived its name of 

 "Spotted" Goatfish. 



The Bar-tailed Goatfish : Though this remarkably 

 beautiful fish has until recently only been known in New 

 South Wales from a very few specimens taken in Port 

 Jackson, there is no reason to think that it is very rare. 

 The localities that it appears to usually frequent are some- 

 what outside the scope of the fisherman's hauling-net, being 

 on bottoms of a more-or-less rocky nature. 



Fig. 48. BAR-TAILED GOATFISH (Upcneus tragula). 



In addition to its very different colouration, this species 

 differs from both of the preceding, in the general shape of 

 the body, which is lower and has a more rounded form. 



In colour it is as follows : The sides are somewhat 

 silvery, the upper parts are of a dusky-roseate tinge, spotted 

 with brown, while below it is whitish or pinkish. A brown 

 longitudinal band passes from the eye through the snout to 

 the base of the caudal fin. The dorsal fins have dark bands, 

 and each lobe of the caudal fin has five or six oblique 

 brownish or blackish bars. 



The Bar-tailed Goatfish is known to occur in the Seas 

 of India and the Malay Archipelago, and it will probably be 

 found to be fairly common in the waters of Queensland. 



