28 THE EDIBLE FISHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
Anchovy (Engraulis antipodum). 
For all practical and economic purposes, there is no 
difference between our Anchovies and the famous fishes of 
that name which occur in the Mediterranean Sea. Like the 
previously mentioned species, we have it always with us, at 
times congregating in enormous shoals of surpassing magni- 
tude.*. Like the Sandy Sprat also, it is a small species, attain- 
ing a size usually but little larger than that fish. It isa large- 
eyed and large-mouthed fish; in fact,, amongst the fishes 
constituting our Herring family it may be at once distinguished 
by the relatively enormous gape of the mouth. 
At times other than the shoaling season, the Anchovy is 
to be found frequenting fairly deep water in our harbors, 
lakes and estuaries. 
Other species of the family of Herrings have been recorded 
from the waters of New South Wales. 
THE SALMON FAMILY. 
Californian Rainbow Trout (Sa/mo irideus). 
Pirate VI. 
This magnificent sporting-fish has been successfully ac- 
climatised in upland waters of New South Wales, in many 
of which it is now quite abundant. Its splendid qualities as 
a game-fish of the first order have won for it the highest 
opinions on all hands, and it is now firmly established as one 
of the useful fishes of New South Wales, owing to the un- 
remitting efforts of the New South Wales Department of 
Fisheries. It has shown itself to be readily adaptable to our 
somewhat exacting and unique conditions. 
European Brown Trout (Salmo fario), Salmon-Trout 
(Salmo trutta), Loch Leven Trout (Salmo levenensis);. and 
American Brook Charr (Salvelinus fontinalis), have also been 
introduced to our waters, the first with marked success. 
* During March, 1908, there was an enormous shoal of this species On our coast. 
