644 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



374. Chorinemus toloo, Cut. & Val. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 473. 



D. 7. 1/19. A. 2. 1/18. 



The height of the body is four times and the length of the 

 head five times and a-half in the total length. The maxillary 

 does not reach to the vertical from the posterior margin of the 

 eye. The snout is obtuse and about as long as the diameter of 

 the eye. A series of more or less distinct greyish spots along 

 the side of the body ; the top of the dorsal and anal fins and the 

 lobes of the caudal blackish. 



Cape York (Chevert Exp.) South Australia (Castelnau). 



Genus Temxodox, Cuv. & Val. 



Body oblong, compressed, covered with cycloid scales of 

 moderate size ; cleft of mouth rather wide. Jaws with a series 

 of strong teeth ; teeth on the vomer and palatine bones. Prse- 

 operculum with some slight denticulations ; the first dorsal fin 

 with eight feeble spines, continuous ; the second and anal more 

 developed, covered with scales and without finlets. Branchiostegals 

 seven ; air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages in great number. 



Nearly all temperate and tropical seas. 



375. Temnodon saltator, B1. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes II., p. 479. 



'' Tailor'' of Sydney; '' Ski2) Jack " of Melbourne. 



D. 8. 1/24-26. A. 1-2. 1/26-28. L, lat. 90-100. L. transv. 8/19. 



Yert. 12/14. 



The maxillary reaches to or nearly to, the vertical from the 

 posterior margin of the eye. Preeoperculum with a notch above 

 the angle and slight denticulations along the lower limb. Dorbul 

 spines very feeble. Coloration uniform. 



Port Jackson. All Australian Coasts, 



