520 DESCRIPTIYE CATALOaUE OF ATJSTKALIAN FISHES, 



Family XIII. SCI^NID^. 

 Characters of the Division. 



Genus Sci^na, Cuv. 



Body oblong ; eye of moderate size, the space between the eyes 

 moderately broad and slightly convex ; muzzle convex, with the 

 uj)per jaw overlaj)pii]g the lower or with the jaws equal, and 

 with the cleft of the mouth horizontal or slightly oblique. The 

 outer series of the jaws generally contains larger teeth, never 

 large canines. No barbel ; the second spine of the anal fin more 

 or less indistinct. Pseudobranchiae ; air-bladder with appendages. 

 Pyloric appendages in small number. 



All seas. Entering fresh waters. 



329. Sci^NA ANTARCTICA, Castclu. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. I., p. 100. 



? Corvina Novce, HoUcmdm, Steind., Sitzberg ak. Wiss. Wien, 



1866, 53, p. 445, tab. 5, fig. 2. 

 The ''Jeiv Fish'' of Sydney, and ''King i^/s A " of Melbourne 



Markets. 

 D. 9. 1/27. A. 2/7. P. 17. L. lat. 68. 

 This fish is said by Dr. Gunther and others to be identical with 

 S. aquila of Europe. Count Castelnau, however, points out some 

 important differences. In S. antarctica the maxillary does not 

 reach the eye, and the eye itself is proportionally smaller than in 

 aquila. The coloration also differs, in the Australian fish, the 

 back is blue changing to green, the sides and lower parts of a 

 dirty white, rather silvery ; dorsal, anal, and ventral fins reddish, 

 pectorals whitish with their extremity dark, some sinuosities or 

 notches at the angle of the prDeoperculum. 



Steindachner's species is probably the same, but I have never 

 seen the description. 



East and South Coasts of Australia. 



