EDIBLE FISIIKS OF QlElil\ HLAND—OGl LHY. 69 



Rr production: — As regards this important phase of its life-h.istory 

 nothing seems to have been learnt since T wrote the following twenty-five years 

 ago — ■' ' The difficulty of formulating any general rule as to the breeding season 

 of our marine fishes, and especially of those which, like the present species and 

 the jewfish, are confirmed wanderers, is well exemplified by the examination of 

 several specimens recently obtained in the market, which led to the following 

 results : — During the earlier part of September examples, forwarded for sale to 

 the Sydney Market from Lake Macquarie, were found to be in an advanced stage 

 of spawning, the ova being almost fully developed, whilst in others, taken in 

 Port Jackson during the following November, the contents of the ovaries were 

 not more than half developed." As with the jewfish the spawning grounds are 

 qtiite unknown, but it is probable that the ova are pelagic and are shed in the 

 open sea. "The whereabouts and manner of life of the j'oung fishes are equally 

 unknown, all we can be certain of being that they appear from seaward in large 

 shoals during the late winter and the spring months, vai-ying at this time from 

 one to three feet in length, the smaller fishes usually preceding their more mature 

 brethren." 



Range: — So far as is known the Teraglin is confined to the coast of New 

 South "Wales. 



Dimensions: — Attains a length of 900 mn\., but the ordinary market size 

 is 600 mm. and under. 



SCIiRNA Artedi. 



Scioena (Artedi) Liiinseus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1758, p. 289 {mnlra) ; Day, Fish. India, pt. 2, 



1876, p. 184 ; Ogilby, Edib. Fisli. N. S. Wales, 1893, p. 72 ; Jordaa & Thomp.son, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., xxxix, 1911, p. 244. 

 Johnius Bloch, Ichthyol., x, 1793, p. 107 (carutta) ; Cantor, Catal. Malay. Fish., 1850, p. 64. 

 BoJa Buchanan, Fish. Ganges, 1822, p. 78 (coitor). 

 €orfi)io Cuvier, Regne Anim.. ed. 2, "ii, 1820, p. 173 (riigra); Boulenger, Catal. Fr. Wat. Fisli. 



Afr., iii, 1915, p. 115. 

 Argyrosomus de la Peglaie, Compt, Rend., 1835, p. 534 (aquila). 

 Cheilotrema Tscliudi, Faun. Peru., Pisch., 1845, p. 13 (fasciatum). 

 Shinoscion Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 85 (sat-urnus). 

 Pseudoscimna Bleeker, Nederl. Tijds. Dierk., i, 1863 (aquila) ; fide Jordan & Thomppon, 



ibid.; id.. Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat, xi, 1876, p. 329. 

 PseudotoUthus Bleeker, Nat. Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Wet (2) xviii, p. 59 (typus). 

 Callous .Jordan, Rep. U. S. Fish. Comm., 1889, p. 395 (deliciosus) . 

 Nibea Jordan & Thompson, ibid., p. 246, subgenus {mitsukurii) . 

 Othonias Jordan & Thompson, ibid., subgenus (manchurica) . 

 Pseudomycterus Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl., xxi, 1908, p. 84" (macciiUodd). 



Body elongate-elliptical to subovate, more or less strongly compressed. 

 Scales moderate or small, usually adherent. Snout variou.sl.y formed, with 

 conspicuous slits and pores; chin usually porigerous. Cleft of mouth moderate 

 or rather small, low and usually oblique, rarely rising to the level of the eye. 



-' For notes on the synonymy see Jordan and Thompson, nt supra. 



