EDIBLE FISHES OF QUEENSLAND.— OGILBY. 13. 



YELLOWBELLY. 

 Golden Perch; Murray Perch; Kaakaalaiii (Murrumbidgee natives); Tarkee 

 (Lower Murray natives) ; Gallop (Professional Fishermen of Victoria, fide 

 Anderson).^ 



Type localities: — West Australia {D. amhigua). 



Macquarie River (C. macquariensis) . 

 Riverina (D. auratus). 

 Murray River {D. flavescens). 



Upper contour of body rising abruptly at the nape and much more arched 

 than that of the ventral, its width at the shoulders 1-63 to 1-88 in its depth, whicJQ. 

 is 2-6 to 3 in its length and as long as or a little less than the length of the head. 

 Caudal peduncle about four ninths deeper than long, its least depth 7 to 7-75 in 

 the body-length. Head about one fifth deeper than wide, its width 1-67 to 2 in its 

 length, which is 2-55 to 2-67 in that of the body. Diameter of eye 1-5 to 2 in the 

 length of the snout and 6 to 8 in that of the head ; depth of suborbital two thirds 

 to one half of the eye-diameter; interorbital region convex, its \\idth 5 to 6 in 

 the length of the head. Maxillary extending to below or a little beyond the 

 middle of the eye, its length 2-75 to 2-86 in that of the head, the width of its 

 distal extremity as much as to two thirds of the eye-diameter. Hinder border 

 of preopercle evenly serrated, the teeth at the angle much enlarged, those of the 

 lower border usually arranged in groups. 



Tooth-bands of jaws broadest in front, gradually narrowing to an obtuse 

 point behind; vomerine teeth forming an obtusely triangular patch; palatine 

 bands curved, similar to those of the jaws. 



Scales in 77 to 88 series above the lateral line ; 12 or 13/1/33 to 37 scales 

 between the first dorsal spine and the ventral ridge. Cheek-scales smaller, about 

 half as large as those of the opercle. Lateral line forming a long curve from the 

 upper edge of the opercle to below the last dorsal ray. 



Dorsal fin originating a trifle behind the pectoral-base ; fourth spine 

 longest, 2-55 to 3-14 in the length of the head, and a little lower than the soft 

 portion, the base of which is clothed with minute scales, its length 1-6 to 1-9 in 

 that of the spinous portion. Caudal fin 4-5 to 4-88 in the body-length. Anal fin 

 originating below the first dorsal ray and terminating somewhat behind the last 

 ray; second spine very strong, usually a little longer than the third, its length 

 2-83 to 3-7 in that of the head and 1-25 to 1-4 in that of the second and longest ray. 

 Pectoral fin 1-75 to 1-9 in the length of the head, the fifth and sixth rays the 

 longest, extending to below the sixth dorsal spine. Ventral fin, without the 

 filament, a little shorter than the pectoral; the filament more developed in the 

 young, in which it reaches nearly to the vent, obsolete or nearly so in large 

 examples. 



' Anderson writes — ' ' Eegarding aboriginal names for this fish I do not know, and believe 

 that most of those names used by the present aborigines are 'pidgin English' and quite 

 unreliable ; hence I place no value on them. ' ' 



