524 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



334. TEicniURUS savala, Cuv. & Yal. 



Guntli. Cat. Fislies II., p. 347.— MacL, Proc. Linn. See. N. S. 

 Wales, Tol. II., p. 354. 



D. 112-130. 



Tlie heiglit of tlie body is thirteen to sixteen times in tlie total 

 length, the length of the head six times and a-half to seven and 

 a-quarter in the same ; the diameter of the eye is three times and 

 a-half in the length of the snout, and equals the width of the 

 interorbital space which is quite flat. The colour is uniform 

 brilliant silvery white. 



Port Darwin. (Macl. Mus.) 



335. TKicnimrs haumela, B1. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 348. 



D. 127-133. 



The height of the body is fifteen to seventeen times in the total 

 length, the length of the head is six to seven times in the same ; 

 the diameter of the eye is twice and a-fifth in the lengtli of the 

 snout. Silvery, back blackish. 



Port Jackson, and Newcastle. 



Grenus Thyrsites, Cuv. & Yal. 



Body rather elongate ; cleft of the mouth wide. The first dorsal 

 fin continuous, with the spines of moderate strength, and extending 

 on to the second. Two to six spurious fins behind the dorsal and 

 anal. The greater portion of the body naked. Several strong 

 teeth in the jaws ; teeth on the palatme bones. No keel on the 

 tail. Seven branchiostegals. Air-bladder present. Pyloric 

 appendages in moderate number. 



Pelagic Fishes of almost aU seas, 



