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BUTTERFISH. 



Division VIII. — Acanthoptekyoii Cottosoombrifokmes 



FAMILY OARAHGID*. 



TRACHnRUS, Cuv. et Val. 



T. trachurus, Cuv. et Val , Poissons IX, p. 11, 1833. 

 Gunther Cat. II, p. 419 ; Macleay Cat. 347 

 Syn. — Caranx decHrin, Jenyns, Zool. Beagle Fish, p. 



68, pi. 14; Scomber truchnrut, Lin. Syst. Nat. 



i, p. 494. 

 Figured, Cuv. et Val., pi. 246 ; McCoy, Prodi'. Zool. 



Vict., pi. IS. 

 Loc— Port Phillip, McCoy. 

 Vernacular name —I{or.sf Markerd. 



C.iRANX, Cuv. et Val 



C. Georf/ianus, Cuv. et Val., PoLssons IX, p. 85, 1833. 



Giinther Cat. II, p. 440 ; Macleay Cat. 3.50. 



Figured, Voy. Erebus and Terror, pi .58. 



Loc. — Port Phillip, and oft" south coast. 



Vernacular name — Silver Tn: rally. 

 Seriola, Cuvier. 



S. lalmidi, Cuv. et Val., Poissons V, p 208, 1830. 



Giinther Cat. 463 ; Macleay Cat. 365, 368. 



Syn. — S. (/randis, Castehiau, P. Z. S. Vice I, p. 115. 



Figured. McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict. pi. 172. 



Vernacular name — Yellow Tail or King-fish. 



Neptonemus, Giinther. 



iV. travale, Castelnau, P.Z S. Vict. I, p. 1 18, 1872. 

 Macleay Cat. 372. 

 Vernacular name — Trevally. 



Temnodon, Cuv. et Val. 



T. mltalor, Bl. syst. Ichthyol. (Schneider), p. 35, 1801. 

 Giinther Cat. II, p. 479 ; Macleay Cat. 375. 

 Loc. — Qneenscliff. 

 Vernacular name — Skipjack. 



(Parequula, Steindachner.) (?) 



(/'. bicornis, Steindachner, Sitzungsb. ak. Wein, 

 1867.) 

 Macleay Cat. Sup. , p. 25. 

 Loc. — Hobson's Bay. Requires confirmation. 



family cyttid^. 

 Zeus, Cuvier. 

 Z. auntralis, Kichardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror. 

 p. 136, 1846. 

 Macleay Cat. 386. 

 Syn. — Giinther considers = Z. falter, /,., Cat. II. p. 



393. 

 Vernacular name — Southern John Dorey. 



Cyttus, Giinther. 



C. australis, Richardson sp., Voy. Erebus and Terror, 

 p. 137, 1846. 

 Giinther Cat. II, p. .396 ; Macleay Cat. 387. 

 Syn. — Capros australis, Richardson, I.e. 

 Loc. — Hobson's Bay, McCoy, Rep. Intercol. Exh., 



1866. 

 Vernacular name — Bastard Dorey. 



family coryph.«n"id.b. 



Brama, Risso. 



B. rail, Block, Syst. Ichth. (Schneider), p. 99, 1801. 

 Giinther Cat. 11, p. 408 ; Macleay Cat. 389. 

 Figured, McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict., pi. 133. 

 Loc.— Portland, 1884, McCoy, I.e. 

 Vernacular name — Hay's Sea Breatn. 



F'AMILY SCOMBRID.I;. 



Scomber, Artedi. 



S. atistralasicus, C'liv. et Val., Poissons VIII., p. 36, 

 1831. 

 Gunther Cat. II, p. 359 ; Macleay Cat. 392. 

 Syn. — <S'. pnrur/mtophorus, De la Roche (McCoy). 

 Figured, McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict., pi. 28. 

 Loc. — Rarely in Hobson's Bay, in considerable num- 



l)er3 when it does appear ; McCoy, I.e. 

 Vernacular name — Southern Mackerel. 



[S. antarrticus. C^astelnau, P.Z.S., Vict. I. p. 106, 1872.) 

 Macleay Cat. 393. 



Loc, — One specimen seen in Melliourne market, 

 Castelnau. 



(S. jcinesaba, Bleeker, .Japan, p. 406, 1858.) 



Gunther Cat. I, p. ,359 ; Macleay, Cat. Sup. 1186. 



Loc. — Hobson's Bay, Kliinzinger. 

 (>S'. tapnno-cephalux, Bleeker, .Japan, p. 407, 1858.) 



Giinther Cat. II, p. 361 ; Macleay Cat. Sup. 1188. 



Loc. — Hobson's Bay, Kliinzinger. 



Thy'nnus, Cuv. et Val. 



T. mccoyi, Castelnau, I'.Z.S. Vict. I., p. 104, 1872. 

 Macleay, Cat. 396. 

 Syn. — T. thy linns L. (McCoy). 

 Figured, McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict. pi. 44. 

 Loc. — Hobson's Bay, Portland, Bass Straits, Queens- 

 cliff, McCoy, I.e. 

 Vernacular name — Tunny. 



