W'aite — FisHKS OF South Australia 



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The only example recorded from our waters accompanied a Norwegian 

 vessel into dock, probably from the Indian Ocean. 



flicker fishes attach themselves to ships, whales, sharks, and other fishes 

 by means of the sucking disk on the toj) of the head. 



ECHENEIS REMORA Linnaeus (Remora). 



Eehnieis remora Linn., Syst. Ncit. (ed. x), 17.18, p. 260; Day, Fish. Gt. Brit, 

 and Irel., i, 1881, p. 108, pi. xxxix, fig. 2. 



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Fig. 2fi4. Echcncis rcmnra. 



Under the title "The Myth of tlie Ship-holder," Mr. E. W. Gndger (i^) has 

 )rouglit together the legends of the habits attributed to this curious fish. 



Order SCLEROPAREI 



Family SCORPAENIDAE. 



SCORPAENA Linnaeus, 1758 (porcus). 

 SCORPAENA CRUENTA Richardson (Red Rock-cod). 



Scorpaena cruenta Rich., A.M.N.H., ix, 1842, p. 217; Ogil, Edib. Fish. N.S.W., 

 1893, p. 63, pi. XX; Stead. Pish. Aust., 1906, ]>. 193, pi. vii and Edib. Fish. 

 N.S.W., 1908, p. 108, pi. Ixxv. 



Scorpaena ergastulorum Rich., /oc. cii. 



Scorpaena )iiilitaris Rich., Zool. Ereb. & Terr.. 184-"), p. 22, pi. xiv, fig. 1, 2. 



(i«) Giidger, Aim. Mag. Nat. Hist. (0), ii, 1918, p. 271, pi. xv-xvii and fig. 10 and iv, 

 1919, p. 17. 



