554 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



390. NoMEus GROxovii, Gm. 



Gunth.. Cat. Fishes II., p. 387. 



B. 6. D. 10. 1/26-27. A. 1/26-27. Y. 1/5. Yert. 16/25. 



The maxillary reaches to below the anterior margin of the eye. 

 The ventrals extend to, and the pectorals beyond, the anal fin. 

 The upper parts brown, the brown colour forming several band- 

 like spots on the sides ; anal with three brown spots ; ventrals 

 black. 



Australia (Gunther), probably Western Australia. 



Genus Platystethus, Gunth. 



Body oblong, compressed, scales moderate, smooth and minutely 

 serrated on the edge ; cleft of mouth narrow, oblique ; snout 

 obtuse, of moderate extent. Praeopercular margin entire. The 

 first dorsal fin continuous, with eight stout spines, the second and 

 anal much more developed and can be received in a scaly sheath ; 

 finlets none ; anal spines three ; pectorals and ventrals rather 

 short ; minute teeth in the jaws ; palate smooth. Branchiostegals 

 five or six. 



Norfolk Island and New Zealand. 



391. Platystethus cultratum, Forst. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes II., p. 391. 



Seriola cidtrata, Richards, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, XL, 



p. 169. 

 B. 5-6. D. 8. 1/24. A. 3/30. L. lat. 60. L. tr. 5/14. Yert. 25. 



Uniform silvery, the edge of the abdomen rather sharp. 

 Norfolk Island. 



Family XXI. SCOMBPJDiE. 

 Two dorsal fins ; either finlets, or the spinous dorsal composed 

 of free spines, or modified into a suctorial disk, or the ventrals 

 jugular and composed of four rays. Scales none or very small. 



