OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 381 



The species of Sillago are very nearly allied one to the other. I 

 think the Australian can be characterised in the following way: — 



Body covered with obscure dots punctata. 



Body not punctated : — 



a. Dark spots on the back maculata. 



b. No spots ; a longitudinal band ) Bassensis, Cuv. Val. ; ciliata, 



on the sides i Gunth. ; TerrcB-Begince, Cast. 



c. No spots; no longitudinal bands on the sides... ciliata, Cuv. Cast. 

 functata is the common sort of Melbourne ; ciliata, on the 



Eastern and Western Coasts of Australia and in the New Cale- 

 donia Sea ; Bassensis, on the Eastern Shores of Australia, as also 

 maculata. 



SCICENA AQUILA ? 



ScicBna aquila ? Lacep, vol. Y., p. 685. 



antarctica, Cast.; Proceed. Zool. Soc. Vict., Vol. I., p. 100. 



I am not certain that this is the same as aquila, but it is 

 said to be so ; at Melbourne it is called the " King-fish," and it 

 is so scarce that during many years I only saw two specimens, 

 both of enormous size, weighing about eighty pounds ; at Bris- 

 bane it is called " Dew-fish, and at Sydney " Jew-fish." It is 

 very common in both these places, but the specimens are 

 generally small, and I never saw a full adult. If this is really 

 aquila it is to be found in the Mediterranean, and is also very 

 abundant at the Cape of Good Hope. 



Sphtr^na nov^ Hollandi^. 

 8'pliyroena novce HoUandice, Guntli. Gat, Vol. II., p. 339. 

 This Pike appears rather frequently in the Sydney market ; 

 but all that I have seen were small, compared with those of 

 Melbourne. 



Elacate nigra. 

 Scomber nigra, Bloch., pi. 337. 

 Centronotus Gardenii Lacep., Vol. Ill, p. 357. 

 Elacate Po7idiceriana Guv. Val,, Vol. VIII., p. 329. 



„ nigra, Gunth. Gat., Vol. 11, p. 375. 

 Eight spines before the dorsal ; this is long, high in front, 

 getting lower towards the tail, and occupies more than the 

 posterior half of the body ; anal having the same form, and 

 beginning rather behind the dorsal ; head depressed, caudal 

 forked, forming two equal pointed lobes. 



