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This is the same species as that which is familiar to 
southern Americans (United States) under the name of 
Spotted Jewfish. 
The specimen here illustrated is that mentioned on page 
104 of my “ Fishes of Australia,” and of which the head is 
in the collection of the Department of Fisheries, New South 
Wales. It was captured in the estuary of the Clarence River, 
and weighed about 250 pounds.* 
Half-banded Sea Pereh} (Hypozlectrodes semicinctus). 
A small, edible fish of great beauty, which is abundant 
in our rocky coastal waters. It is captured by hook and 
line, with a flesh bait. 
Banded Sea Perch (Hypoplectrodes annulatus). 
PLATE XXIX. 
A prettily-banded, rough-scaled species, found in similar 
localities to the preceding, though, apparently, not in such 
abundance. It attains, usually, a length of about ro to 12 
inches. 
Cuvier’s Sea Perch (Hypoplectrodes nigrorubrum). - 
An exceedingly beautiful, banded fish, occasionally 
captured by means of trammel-net or hook and line, in 
similar locations to the two preceding. Apparently not very 
common. It grows to about the same size as the Banded 
Sea Perch. 
Bastard Longfin (Cwsioperca lepidoptera). 
A fish suitable for food, but which is not at present 
obtained in any abundance on our coast. It grows to a 
length of 12 inches. 
Longfin (Caprodon longimanus). 
A good fish, but not abundant; found in our coastal 
waters. It reaches a length of about 15 inches. 
* 1am indebted to Mr. A. J. Cripps, a well-known pressman of Sydney (and 
who appears, for comparison of size, alongside the fish), for the photograph of 
this fish here reproduced. 
t Also termed ‘ Soldier-Fish” ; but that name is more properly applied to a 
small perch known as Amia ( Apogon) fasciata. 
