EDIBLE EISHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 27 



Pelates qiiadrilineafus, quinqueHneatus, and sexlineatus, Cuv. & Yal. Hist. 



Xat. Poiss. p. iii. Ii6 ; Less. Voj. Coquille, ii. p. 223 ; Cuv. Eegne Anim. 



Illus. Poiss. pi. xii. ficj. 1 ; Grriff. An. King. Fish. pi. xii. fig. 1. 

 Selotes folytcenia, Bleek. Halmaheira. p. 53, and h.\\.. Ichthyol. Pere. pi. xir. 



fig. 2 ; ? Gnth. Catal. Fish. i. p. 2S5. 

 Therapon cuvieri, Bleek. Timor, p. 211, and Atl. Ichthrol. Perc. pi. xxxvii. 



fig. 2 ; Gnth. Catal. Fish. i. p. 282 ; Macleay, CataL Austr. Fish. i. p. 62. 

 Therapon sexlineatus, Steindachn. SB. Ak. AVien, liii. p. 429. 



Trumpeter Perch. 



B. vi. D. 12/10. A. 3/10. Y. 1/5. P. 14-(15). C. 17. L. lat. 58-65. 

 L.tr. 13-15/26. Coec. pyl. 7. Vert. 10/15. 



Length of head 4 00-4-25, of caudal fin 5-00-5-25, height of body 3-33-3-66 

 in the total length. Diameter of eye 3'10-3 75 in the length of the head, 

 1'25-1"40 in that of the snout, and about equal to the w-idth of the inter- 

 orbital gpace, which is convex. Upper profile of head slightly convex. 

 Upper jaw the longer. Cleft of mouth small and oblique, the maxilla extend- 

 ing to beneath the posterior nostril. Preorbital serrated on its inferior 

 margin : vertical limb and posterior third of horizontal limb of preopercle 

 serrated, the denticles beiug coarsest at the rounded angle : opercle with 

 two rather weak subequal spines : posttemporal and clavicle coarsely 

 denticulated. Three or four series of small teeth in the upper jaw, two or 

 three series in the lower, the outer maxillary row enlarged. The dorsal fiji 

 commences above the base of the pectoral and ends on the same plane as 

 the termination of the anal ; the spines are moderately strong, the fifth 

 (fourth to sixth) the longest, 2'00-2"50 in the length of the head, and 

 1*10-1"25 in that of the longest ray ; the base of the rayed portion is from 

 1*66-1'75 in that of the spinous : the anal commences beneath the eleventh 

 or twelfth dorsal spine ; the spines are rather weak, the third the longest, 

 from 2'80-3'40 in the length of the head, and 1"50-1'75 in that of the 

 longest ray : A'entrals not nearly reaching to the vent, their length 1'50-1"75 

 in that of the head : pectorals short and rounded posteriorly, 1'40-1"66 in 

 the same: caudal emarginate, the length of the pedicle from 1'25-1'33 in 

 its height. Upper surface of head, preorbital, and outer margin of preopercle 

 scaleless. 



Colors. — Olive green above, darkest on the head ; sides greyish-green ; 

 belly silvery ; from four to six brown or brownish-orange longitudinal bands ; 

 a dusky blotch on the shoulder present or absent : fins hyaline, the dorsal 

 with a narrow blackish margin. 



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The Trumpeter Perch, or as it is frequently but erroneously termed 

 the " Mado," — a name which properly applies to Chcetodon strigatus and 

 Atypichtliijs strigatus, which fishes are not recognised as distinct by the 

 ordinary fisherman — is common in the neighborhood of Sydney, and is sent 

 to market sometimes in considerable quantities in company with Yellowtails 

 {Caranx iraehurus) ; it is also taken with the hook off wharves and jetties, 

 and is said to be particularly partial to the mouths of drains. 



Specimens from Botany Bay examined during February were found to 

 have tlie roe fully developed, while in others from the same locality, 

 captured during the last week of September, it was about half developed ; 

 others again from Port Jackson showed no signs of breeding at Christmas. 



