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Trachurus declivis 

 Caranx declivis. Jenyns, Zool. " Beagle,^' Fishes, p. 68, pi 14. 



Trachurus Trachurus, Gunther Cat, Vol. II., p. 420. 

 Dr. Gunther considers this fish the same as the European 

 species ; my reason for keeping it distinct is that it is always 

 much smaller in Australia, and remarkable for the bright yellow 

 colour of its caudal fin ; the body plates number seventy-nine or 

 eighty. 



It is a very common species in Port Jackson, particularly near 

 the Heads. 



Trachynotus ovatus. 



Gasterosteus ovatus. Linn. Syst. Nat Vol. I., p. 490. 



Trachynotus ovatus, Gunth. Gat., Vol. II., p. 481. 



Height of body contained twice and one-third in total length, 

 without the caudal ; the maxillary reaches to the anterior third 

 of the eye ; the lateral line is almost straight ; the anterior parts 

 of the dorsal and anal very much elongated, the first formed of 

 one spine and twenty-three rays, the second of one spine and 

 twenty-two rays, the short spines in front of the dorsal are six in 

 number without the horizontal one, or seven in all, the caudal is 

 very forked ; the ventrals are small. 



The back is of a silvery-grey with the sides and belly of a fine 

 white, on the back are six faint transverse bands of a greyish 

 purple, fins of a dark slatey colour, with the pectorals, ventrals, 

 and inner side of the caudal white. 



Only seen twice in May and once in August, the specimens 

 were about a foot long. 



N.B. — On the two larger specimens there were four or five 

 obscure rounded blotches over the lateral line. 



Blepharis ciliaris. 



Zeus ciliaris, JBloch., Vol. VI., p. 29, pi. 191. 



Blepharis indicus, Guv. and Val., Vol. IX., p. 154. 



Found also in the Red, and all over the Indian Seas. 



Of a silvery white ; back of a tine light blue ; base of dorsal 

 and ventrals black ; the long filaments of the dorsal and anal 

 white at the base, and black on the rest of their length. 



