28 THE EDIBLE FISHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Anchovy {Engranlis antipodum). 



For all practical and economic purposes, there is no 

 difference between our Anchovies and the famous fishes of 

 that name which occur in the Mediterranean Sea. Like the 

 previously mentioned species, we have it always with us, at 

 times congregating in enormous shoals of surpassing magni- 

 tude.* Like the Sandy Sprat also, it is a small species, attain- 

 ing a size usually but little larger than that fish. It is a large- 

 eyed and large-mouthed fish ; in fact, amongst the fishes 

 constituting our Herring family it may be at once distinguished 

 by the relatively enormous gape of the mouth. 



At times other than the shoaling season, the Anchovy is 

 to be found frequenting fairly deep water in our harbors, 

 lakes and estuaries. 



Other species of the family of Herrings have been recorded 

 from the waters of New South Wales. 



THE SALMON FAMILY. 

 Californian Rainbow Trout {Salmo irideus). 



Plate VI. 



This magnificent sporting-fish has been successfully ac- 

 climatised in upland waters of New South Wales, in many 

 of which it is now quite abundant. Its splendid qualities as 

 a game-fish of the first order have won for it the highest 

 opinions on all hands, and it is now firmly established as one 

 of the useful fishes of New South Wales, owing to the un- 

 remitting efforts of the New South Wales Department of 

 Fisheries. It has shown itself to be readily adaptable to our 

 somewhat exacting and unique conditions. 



European Brown Trout {Salmo fario), Salmon-Trout 

 {Salmo ■ triitta), Loch Leven Trout {Salmo levenensis), and 

 American Brook Charr {Salvelinus fontinalis), have also beeil 

 introduced to our waters, the first with marked success. 



* During March, 1908, there was an enormous shoal of this species on our coast. 



