FISHES. — :mcculloch. 125 



This fish seems to be confined to the surface of the sea ; 

 the specimens occurring in the deeper hauls doubtless entered 

 the net as it was being hauled in. 



I am indebted to Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, Director of the 

 Auckland Museum, for a New Zealand specimen of this 

 species, which he secured in the local fish market. 



Trachiirus declivis, Jenyns. 



Yellow-Tail. Bung. 



(PL xxxiv., fig. 2.) 



Caranx declivis, Jenyns, Zool. " Beagle," iii., 1841, p. 68, 

 pi. xiv. 



This species differs from T. novce-zelandice in having the 

 body shorter, broader and more compressed ; the depth in 

 adults is 4-0-4-4 in the length from the premaxillary symphysis 

 to the middle caudal rays. The scutes of the lateral line are 

 narrower and less numerous, and the colour is yellowish-green 

 on the back. Ten specimens have been counted as follows :■ — 

 D. viii., 1/30-34; A. ii. 1/26-31; L. lat. 26-28+7-9-f 35-38. 

 Length to thirteen inches. 



The Yellow-tail is abundant in Port Jackson, and it occurs 

 all round the coasts of the southern half of Australia, from 

 south-western Australia to southern Queensland. Specimens 

 are in the Australian Museum from near Sydney and 

 Fremantle. A few were taken by the " Endeavour " when 

 the net was lowered in shallow water at the following 

 stations : — 



Mouth of Wide Bay, Queensland. 



Investigator Strait, South Australia, 12-20 fathoms ;; 

 February, 1912. 



Genus Caranx, Lacepede. 

 Caranx ferdau, Forskal. 



Caranx ferdau (Forskal), Giinther, Journ. Mus. Godeff., v.,. 



1876, p. 134, pi. Ixxvii.-lxxviii. 

 Carangoides ferdau, Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U.S. Fish, 



Bur., xxiii. i., 1905, p. 198, fig. 77. 



Four specimens are preserved in the Australian Museum, 

 208-363 mm. long from the premaxillary symphysis to the 

 end of the middle caudal rays. They agree very well with 

 the figures quoted above, though the body and vertical fins 

 are very dark in the two larger examples. 



