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INDEX. 



Australian food -fishes, notes of the chief families, 6-35 

 Australian museum, the, exhibits supplied by the Trustees of, 3 



Barracouta, the, a valuable fish, cured for export, 18 

 Berycidcs, food fishes afforded by the family of the, 6 

 Black-bream, an important food fish, 12 

 Black rock-cod, general habits, and description of, 8, 9 

 " Blue Groper," the, a large and valuable fish, 24, 25 

 "Bonite," the, occasionally caught in the Australian seas, 19 

 " Bull's eye," the, a beautiful and good table fish, 9 



Carangidce, importance of this large family, 20 



„ great quantities found at certain seasons, of this family, 4, 5 



Cirrhitidce, a valuable family of food fishes, 13 

 Clupeidce, abundance of the herring tribe, 4' 



,, species of the, most abundant and useful, 29, 30 



Cod tribe, almost entirely absent in the Australian seas, 4 

 Cyttidce, members of this family classed among the best food fishes, 20 



DuGONG, the, general description of, and its commercial uses and 

 value, 48, 49 



Eels, description of the various species most frequently obtained, 30, 31 



Fish curing, difficulties connected with, 5 



Fisheries of New South Wales, the, extracts from the report of the Royal 



Commission 1880, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 29, 30 

 Flatheads, excellence of the, as food fishes, 13, 14 

 Flounders, See Soles. 

 Flying Gurnets, excellent, but rare fish, 14 

 Fresh-water fishes, various species of, 33-35 



GadidcE, very few species of this family in the Australian seas, 25 

 Gar-fish, the, a favourite and abundant species, 28, 29 

 Gerridcc, great numbers caught at certain seasons, 10 

 Gurnets (fl ing) good, but scarce food-fish, 14 



