Zoology.} NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. IFishes. 



The following are the detailed measurements : — 



Measurements. 

 Length from snout to distal end of caudal 



of caudal ... 



from snout to anterior edge of orbit ... 



of eye 



of head to end of operculum ... 



from snout to anus (measured along ventral edge) 



from snout to base of pectoral 



from snout to origin of 1st dorsal 



of pectoral... 



of 1st dorsal 



of 2nd dorsal 



of anal (including anterior spines) 



of ventral ... 



from snout to base of ventral 

 Width between eyes 

 Depth of body in front of dorsal 

 Thickness of body in front of dorsal 

 Height of 1st dorsal 

 Height of 2nd dorsal at highest anterior end ... 



This is one of the few fishes of our coast identical with a 

 European species. It is a very rare visitor. The specimen figm'ed 

 was caught in Hobson's Bay on the 3rd August. 



Explanation op Figukes. 



Plate 18. — Fig. 1, view, three-fourths the natural size, of the colors of the living fish 

 Fig. la, spinous plate from lateral line, magnified 4 diameters. Fig. 16, section in front of 

 dorsal. Fig Ic, one of the scales above lateral line, magnified. 



Frederick McCoy. 



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