Zoology.'] 



NATUEAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. 



l^Fishea. 



Mejisukements. 



Totallength, excludiug caudal ... ... ... 



Length from tip of snout to posterior edge of operculum 



Greatest depth at vent 



Height of first dorsal 



Length from tip of snout to origin of first dorsal 



Length of first dorsal 



Height of second dorsal 



Length of first ray of Tentrals 



„ of lobes of caudal ... 



„ of base of same 



Reference. — Scomber Commersoni LacepMe, Shaw Zool. Fish, v. 4, t. 85 

 = Cybiuni, id., Cuv. and Val. Poiss., v. 8, p. 165. 



The specimen figured is the only example of this fine fish which 

 has been observed on our coast ; it was caught near QueensclifF 

 in March, 1887. The example was quite fresh when our drawing 

 was made, and the vertical stripes and spots were as distinct as 

 shown, but Dr. Day in his " Fishes of Malabar " says they only 

 appear after death. The body seems smooth and naked, the scales 

 ai'e so very minute (about ten in space of one line). I have 

 counted the mucous pores as scales along the lateral line. The 

 two or three rows of larger scales above the base of the pectoral 

 fin behind the head are very conspicuous, but do not form a corse- 

 let. The villiform teeth forming patches on the vomer, palatines, 

 and tongue are very minute. 



Explanation of FiGTrRES. 



Plate 154. — Fig. 1, side view, one-fifth natural size. Fig. la, mouth, one-half natural 

 size, showing the large teeth on edge of jaws and patches of minute teeth on vomer and palatine 

 bones above and on the tongue below. Figs. 16 and le, scales from lateral line, about the 

 middle of length, magnified four diameters. Fig. i.d, form of section behind pectoral. Fig. le, 

 sectional origin of caudal fin, to show lateral keels, 



Frederick McCot. 



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