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FISHES OF AUSTRALIA. 



The Mado is a smaller species than the preceding, 

 though one would not think so were he to judge by the rela- 

 tive sizes of the specimens of each kind captured by line off 

 the rocks in Port Jackson ; but the mature Mado is caught 

 under these circumstances, while the adult Sweep seldom is. 



The Mado is a handsome little fish, having alternate 

 brown and yellow longitudinal stripes along the body. 



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Fig. 49. BATFI.SH (Monodactylus argenteus). 



The Batfish is common from a little south of Port 

 Jackson all along the coastline of New South Wales and 

 Queensland; but, like many other fishes, is not often seen 

 by the average person, and consequently is usually classified 

 among-st our rarer forms. It is a very deep, short, and 

 narrow-bodied fish ; the scales are very .smooth. When 

 freshly taken it has a most brilliant, silvery appearance, with 

 the exception of the head, which has two dark vertical bars 

 upon each side. When the fish is "sailing" along in the 

 water as I have seen it, these bars give it a very remark- 

 able appearance. 



