Waite — Fishes of South Australia 



145 



The illustration is of a New Zealand s|)(M'inien. Examples taken in our 

 waters are g'enerally infested with muscle worms and are much emaciated; in 

 such condition the.y are spoken of as "axe-handles." 



SubOrder XIPHIOIDEA. 



Family XIPHIIDAE. 



XIPHIAS Linnaeus, 1758 (gladins). 

 XIPHIAS GLADIUS Linnaeus (Swordfisli). 



Xiphias (jIikIIks Linn., Syst. Nat. (etl. x), IToS, p. 248; C'uv. & Val., Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss., viii, 1881, p. 'Jf),!, pi. ccxxv, ccxxvi ; Valenc, in C\\y., Reg. Anim., 

 111. Poiss., pi. 1, Hi: Day, Fish. Gt. Brit, e^' Trel., i, 1881, p. 14(), pi. xlix. 



A'/tt/nV/.v rondeletii Leach, Zool. Misc., i, 1814, ]l 62, pi. xxvii and Mem. Wern. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, ii, 1818, p. -kS, pi, ii, fig. 1. 



Fig. 227. Xipl'.ictfi (jUidius. 



The species is here determined fi-om an imperfect skull, 4 ft. 2 in. in total 

 length, found at Windsor, St. Vincent Gulf. The Museum possesses the sword of 

 another example, taken at Port Augusta, Spencer (riilf ; this specimen measured 

 14 feet in length; the species is said to attain to l') feet. The extremely flattened 

 sword is characteristic of this monotypic Family. 



SubOrder GOBIOIDEA. 



Family GOBIIDAE. 



GOBIUS Linnaeus, 1758 (niger). 

 GOBIUS BIFRENATUS Kner (Bridled Goby, Tarkatuki), 



