566 DESCHIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Scales rather small, ctenoid. Two dorsal fins, the first with nine 

 to twelve spines ; ventrals thoracic. Villiform teeth in the jaws 

 and on the vomer, none on the palatines. Operculum terminating 

 in a point ; prseoperculum denticulated. The bones of the head 

 with the muciferous system developed. Six branchiostegals ; 

 pseudobranchise ; air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages in 

 small number. 



Indian and Australian Seas. 



412. Sill AGO maculata, Quoy & Gaim. 



Voy. Freyc. ZooL, p. 261, pi. 53, fig. 2.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes 



II., p. 245. 



The '' Whiting " of the Sydney Fish Market. 



D. 11. 1/20. A. 1/21. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 5-6/7. 



The height of the body is five times and a-half in the total 

 length, the space between the eyes is one-half the length of the 

 snout ; ventral spine feeble. On each side seven or eight blackish 

 blotches and a yellow longitudinal band ; the second dorsal fin 

 dotted with blackish. 



Port Jackson. 



413. SiLLAGO PUNCTATA, CuV. & Yal. 



Quoy & Gaim., Yoy. AstroL, p. 671, pi. 1, fig. 1. — Gunth., Cat. 

 Fishes II., p. 245. 



The " Whiting''' of the Melbourne Market. 



D. 12. 1/26. A. 1/22. L. lat. 170. L. transv. 35. Ctec. pylor. 4. 



The height of the body is eight times in the total length, the 

 length of the head four times and a-half. Body with numerous 

 black spots above the lateral line ; fins immaculate. 



Hobson's Bay, Port Phillip. South Australia. 



