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is always common, at certain times it makes its appearance 

 in large droves or shoals, consisting of thousands of individuals. 

 An instance of this occurred quite recently (during December, 

 1907), when great quantities of Jewfish were captured along 

 ocean beaches a little to the south of Sydney. 



In " Fishes of Australia " I have already drawn attention 

 to the large, and commercially valuable, " sounds " or air- 

 bladders possessed by this species, which are suitable for the 

 manufacture of isinglass, and, as I stated then, at present 

 thousands of these are thrown away every year with the 

 offal, notwithstanding that they require very little primary 

 treatment beyond drying. 



Young jewfish up to a length of about 2 feet are known as 

 " Silver Jews." 



The Jewfish is captured by means of both line and net. 

 If the former method is employed, Mr. R. E. Eastway 

 considers that the following should be used: — A No. 27 cord 

 line, 100 yards long; 7/0 or 8/0 hook; a sinker that will just 

 take the line to the bottom, and no more. The hook is best 

 snooded on a piece of the line, although some anglers use 

 hooks for Jewfish-fishing snooded on twisted gut and phos- 

 phor-bronze wire. 



This handsome and valuable species is a very close ally of 

 the common " Maigre," or " Meagre," of Europe. 



Teraglin {Cynoscion alelodus). 



Plate XXXVIII. 



Though closely allied to the Jewfish, this species does 

 not grow to anything like the size of the latter, a length of 

 2 feet being considered the common maximum size. It may 

 be at once distinguished from the young of the latter by the 

 smallness of its scales, as well as by the relative position of 

 the small anal fin, which is placed much further back in the 

 Teraglin. Other differences of note also occur, but those 

 given are sufficient to enable the observer to at once separate 

 the two. 



