JEWFISH OR MAIGRE? 67 
is always common, at certain times it makes its appearance 
in large droves or shoals, consisting of thousands of individuals. 
An instance of this occurred quite recently (during December, 
1907), when great quantities of Jewfish were captured along 
ocean beaches a little to the south of Sydney. 
In “ Fishes of Australia’ I have already drawn attention 
to the large, and commercially valuable, “sounds”’ or air- 
bladders possessed by this species, which are suitable for the 
manufacture of isinglass, and, as I stated then, at present 
thousands of these are thrown away every year with the 
offal, notwithstanding that they require very little primary 
treatment beyond drying. 
Young jewfish up to a length of about 2 feet are known as 
“ Silver Jews.” 
The Jewfish is captured by means of both line and net. 
If the former method is employed, Mr. R. E. Eastway 
considers that the following should be used:—A No. 27 cord 
line, 100 yards long; 7/o or 8/o hook; a sinker that will just 
take the line to the bottom, and no more. The hook is best 
snooded on a piece of the line, although some anglers use - 
hooks for Jewfish-fishing snooded on twisted gut and phos- 
phor-bronze wire. 
This handsome and valuable species is a very close ally of 
the common “ Maigre,”’ or “ Meagre,” of Europe. 
Teraglin (Cynoscion atelodus). 
Prate XXXVIII. 
Though closely allied to the Jewfish, this species does 
not grow to anything like the size of the latter, a length of 
2 feet being considered the common maximum size. It may 
be at once distinguished from the young of the latter by the 
smallness of its scales, as well as by the relative position of 
the small anal fin, which is placed much further back in the 
Teraglin. Other differences of note also occur, but those 
given are sufficient to enable the observer to at once separate 
the two. 
