Zoohg;/.} NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. [Fishes. 



One of the most abundant of the food-fishes of Victoria in all the 

 wanner mouths of the year, disajipeariug in the cold weather. It 

 is not usually seen at the best tallies, but is sold in great quantities 

 by hawkers round the suburbs of Melbourne. The younger ages 

 are very conspicuous in the fish shops by their yellow pectorals. 



Explanation of Figures. 



Plate 16. — Fig. 1, fisurc showing form and coloring of the adult at the age popularly 

 called "Salmon," half the natural size. Fig. lu, form of section in front of first dor.sal. 

 Fig. lA, form of section of tail. Fig. Ic, one of the scales, natural size, showing the very fine 

 eiliation of the free edge and the straight hasal edge with the fine striation parallel to it, 

 characteristic of (he genus, but showing also a few longitudinal ridges. Fig. k/, mouth, sliowing 

 the arrangement of the various patches of villiform teeth on the jaws ; those on the palate bones 

 being marked A, and those on the vomer marked c ; the tongue is marked a. 



Plate 1 7. — Fig. 1 , specimen two-thirds of natural size, showing form and coloring at the age 

 popularly called " salmiui trout." Fig, lu, head, natural size, to show the disposition of the 

 scales and the radiation and crenulated edge of the preoperculum. Fig. 16, form of section in 

 front of dorsal. Fig. If, scale from lateral line, magnified. F'ig. Id, scale from below lateral 

 line, magnified. 



Fig. 2, younger specimen, natural size, showing the form and coloring at the yoving age 

 when the tail is yellow with the black margin, as iu the I'erca mariiinata of Cuvier. Fig. 2a, 

 section of head through the eyes, showing the larger proportion of these than in the adult. 

 Fig. ib, form of section in front of dorsal. Fig. 2e, section of tail. 



Frederick McCoy. 



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