102 THE EDIBLE FISHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Silvor Dory {Cijttus australis). 



Plate LXVIIL 



Though this magnificent and quaint-looking fish has 

 earned for itself the popular name used above, it is when 

 freshly taken of a beautiful Nannygai-pink. This pinkish or 

 reddish tint, however, quickly fades after capture, leaving the 

 fish of a uniform whitish-silvery. Like the John Dory, it 

 is an outside or ocean fish, and is rarely captured. 



The Silver Dory bears a general resemblance to the John 

 Dory, but the whole body is more diamond-shaped. The 

 mouth is highly plescopic, though not to such a degree as 

 that of the latter. 



This food-fish attains a length of about 15 or 16 inches, 

 and is considered to be of good quality. 



FLOUNDERS AND SOLES. 

 Larg3-tODthed Flounder {Paralichthys arsius). 



Plate LXIX. 



This is one of the most abundant of New South Wales 

 flat-fishes. It is distinctly a northern species, and becomes 

 more common as we proceed in a northerly direction from 

 Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson), being particularly abundant 

 in the estuaries of our great northern rivers. It attains 

 a length of about 15 inches, and is a fine table-fish. In 

 the aggregate, considerable quantities of the Large-toothed 

 Flounder are brought to market annually in New South 

 Wales. 



Apart from other differences and considerations of color, 

 this species may, as I have already pointed out in " Fishes 

 of Australia," be readily distinguished from its near ally, the 

 Small-toothed Flounder, by (i) the presence of several com- 

 paratively-large canine teeth near the front of the jaw (while 

 in the latter the teeth are fairly-uniform in each jaw, being but 

 slightly enlarged at the front of the upper jaw); also (2) the 

 slightly increased number of dorsal and anal rays, as compared 



