Zoolosy.1 NATURAL HISTOEY OF VICTORIA. [_Fishes. 



all youug ; Belon's statement of one reaching 32 feet in length has 

 not been parallelled m modern times, and is perhaps erroneous. 



Of the above 5 specimens, the smallest, or figured one, was 

 caught in Hobson's Bay, the largest at Portland, the next in size 

 in Bass' Straits, the next at Queenschif. 



Explanation op Figukes. 



Plate 44. — Fig. 2, side Tiew of small specimen, one-third the natural size (a little too 

 protuberant at base of anal and 2nd dorsal fins). Figs. 2a, 26, 2c, scales, natural size and 

 magnified. Figs. Ic and \d, scales of corslet, natural size and magnified. 



Frederick McCoy. 



Dec.\. C 25 ] 



