'238 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



are numerous transverse bands, rather narrow, but well defined 

 of an obscure green. These bands are not agglomerations of 

 fine points, as in many species ; eyes yellow ; fins light yellow. 

 Cardinia Creek, Victoria, Length four and a-half inches. 



Fakily YII. SCOMBKESOCILVE. 



Body covered with scales ; a series of keeled scales along each 

 side of the belly. Margin of the upper jaw formed by the inter- 

 maxillaries mesially, and by the maxillaries laterally. Lower 

 pharyngeals united into a single bone. Dorsal fin opposite the 

 anal, belonging to the caudal portion of the vertebral column. 

 Adipose fin none. Air-bladder generally present, simple, some- 

 times cellular, without pneumatic duct. Pseudobrauchia) hidden, 

 glandular. Stomach not distinct from the intestine, which is 

 cpuite straight, without appendages. 



Genus Belone, Cuv. 



Both jaws prolonged into a long, slender beak, the upper part 

 being formed by the intermaxillaries, which are united by a 

 longitudinal suture. Both jaws with a band of asperities, and 

 with a series of longer, conical, pointed, widely set teeth. Body 

 elongate, slender, covered with small scales. All the dorsal and 

 anal rays connected by a membrane. Gill-openings very wide. 

 Intestinal tract simple without appendages. Air-bladder large. 



Seas of temperate and tropical regions, entering rivers. 



858. Beloxe depressa, Poey. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes VI., p. 235. 



D. 13-14. A. 18-19. 



The free portion of the tail is strongly depressed, and dilated 

 into a broad sharp edge on each side. Body rather depressed, 

 subpentagonaL The length of the head is rather less than one- 

 third of the total (without caudal) ; its upper surface fiat, striated, 



