22 EDIBLE FISHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Las kuowu several instances in Avliioli the effects were strongly marked after 

 eating perfectly fresh examples, caught only an hour or so before cooking." 

 Fishes, small swimming crabs, and SplicEromidcc were found in those whose 

 stomachs were examined. 



The Salmon has a wide range throughout the southern portion of the 

 Australian Eegion, occurring along the entire southern seaboard of Australia, 

 and along the Xew South Wales coast as far north at least as the Clarence 

 River District, beyond which I have failed to trace it, nor is it even men- 

 tioned by Saville" Kent in his Preliminary Eeport on tlie Eood Fishes of 

 Queensland. On all the shores of Tasmania it is " abundant all the year 

 round" (Johnston), as also it is at Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Eaoul Islands. 

 It is abundant around New Zealand, " avoiding only that portion of the 

 coast which is washed by the cold south-east current" (Sherrin). The 

 Maori name for it is " Kahawai." 



Family IV.-PRISTIPOMATIDAE. 



Branchiostegals five, six, or seven (four only in Chcetopterus) : jDseudo- 

 branchia> present or rudimentary. Body oblong or ovate, more rarely 

 elevated or cvlindrical. Eyes lateral, of moderate size. Opercle with or 

 without spines : preopercle serrated or entire. Mouth in front of the snout, 

 with variously directed lateral cleft. Teeth in the jaws in villiform bands, 

 with or without canines, rarely edentulous, with no molar or trenchant 

 teeth : teeth on the vomer and palatines present or absent, in some genera 

 deciduous : no lingual teeth. Dorsal fin continuous : ventrals thoracic : 

 lower rays of pectorals branched. Scales moderate or small, feebly ctenid. 

 or eyelid. Lateral line continuous, not extending on to the caudal fin. 

 Aii'bladder present, with or witliout a median contraction. Pyloric append- 

 ages in small or moderate numbers (numerous in Hyperoglyplie) . 



Georjrapliical distribution. — MSirine and freshwater fishes of tropical and 

 temperate regions. 



Genus I.— CTENOLATES. 



CtenoJates, Gnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 320. 



Branchiostegals seven: pseudobrauchia" present. Body oblong-ovate and 

 somewhat compressed. Opercle with two spines, the lower of which is 

 frequently subdivided into two or more points : preoj)ercle serrated on the 

 vertical limb ; angle and. lower limb with patches of coarser denticles. Teeth 

 villiform on the jaws, A'omer, and palatines: tongue smooth. One dorsal fin, 

 moderately notched, with ten spines : the anal with three. Scales small, 

 ctenid, present on the occiput : vertical fins with a basal scaly sheath. 

 Pyloric appendages in moderate numbers. 



Geographical distrihution. — Murray Kiver and. its tributaries ; Mary 

 Eiver, Queensland. 



CTENOLATES AMBIGUUS. 



Datnia amhigua, Richards. Voy. Erebus & Terror, Eish. p. 25, pi. xix, 1846. 

 Dules ambiquus, Gnth. Catal. Fish. i. p. 270 ; Ivlunz. SB. Ak. Wien, ixxx. 



Abth.i. p. 337, pi. i. f. 1. 

 Otenolaies macquariensis, Gnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 390, pi. xxxiii. 

 Dules auratus^ Casteln. Proc. Zool. Soc. Yict. i. p. 55. 

 Ctenolates amhiguus, Macleay, Catal. Austr. Fish. i. p. 54 ; Woods, Fisher. 



N. S. Wales, p. 103. 



