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Cyttid^. 



Under this family we may mention the John Dorey 

 {Ze?is atistralis), considered by some to be the same as the 

 European fish of the same name, Z . faber, Linn. This is 

 one of our very best food fishes, always in demand, and 

 bringing a high price in the markets, sometimes as much as 

 \s. per pound ; but the supply is so irregular that it can 

 only be looked upon as a rare delicacy. It enters the 

 harbours from the sea to spawn during summer, and 

 frequents the sandy bottoms near reefs. It is only occa- 

 sionally taken in the seine, but is more often captured by 

 line-fishing with a live bait. When we know more about 

 our coast-line this fish will probably be found in numbers, 

 frequenting the rocky and sandy bottoms adjacent to Port 

 Jackson. 



Another member of this family {Cyttis anstralis) takes 

 the place of the John Dorey in the southern markets. 



Carangid^. 



This important family supplies us with large quantities 

 of delicious food-fishes, many of which, from their large 

 size, are not so appreciated as they deserve. 



The white trevally, Caranx georgianus, which on the 

 New South Wales coast is seldom taken weighing over 

 i^ to 2 lbs., is found on the shores of Queensland of a 

 much greater size, not unfrequently reaching 5 to 6 lbs., and 

 affords fine sport to line-fishers ; it is also taken with the 

 seine in large quantities. The bait used in line-fi.shing is 

 a blue-bodied crab {Mycteris, sp.) Very young fish are 

 sometimes taken in the trawl and seine in Port Jackson. 



The yellow-tail, Caranx decHvis, of Richardson, now 

 generally admitted to be the young of Trachtirtis tra- 



