We THE EDIBLE FISHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
Brown-banded Morwong (Cheilodactylus spectabilis). 
I published a full description of this Morwong recently 
in a paper, (already referred to),* wherein I recorded it for 
the first time from our shores. The record was based upon 
two examples—one measuring 154 inches and the other 
.224 inches—taken from near the entrance to Port Hacking 
-and at the mouth of the Wonboyn River, respectively. I 
‘have received no further evidence respecting this species 
since then, but think it likely that a greater familiarity with 
our rock-haunting fishes will prove that it is not altogether 
uncommon. 
Banded Morwong or Magpie Perch (Goniistius gibbosus). 
Purate XLI. 
An edible fish, but rarely obtained. A most beautiful 
species, charmingly colored, and quite unique (amongst the 
Morwongs) in shape. From just behind the eyes the upper 
profile rises rapidly, the highest point being above the end 
of the opercle or gill-cover. From this point there is a 
gradual descent all the way to the tail. The highest point 
of the back is surmounted by the high spinous dorsal fin, 
the spines of which are very acute. 
Cockatoo Fish (4 plodactylus lophodon). 
Of all our outside reef fishes this is one of the most 
abundant. Though this is so, it is not familiar to the average 
‘angler, as it does not usually take a bait. The only proper 
and really effective manner of capture is by means of -the 
trammel-net, but as very few men use this net at present, 
only a comparative few Cockatoo-Fish are brought to market. 
This species is herbivorous, subsisting principally upon 
the gelatinous seaweeds which abound in rocky situations. 
Though I have described it as an “outside” species, it is 
to be obtained commonly in the lcwer and deeper parts of 
our harbors. 
* Stead: Additions to the Fish-Fauna of New South Wales (No. 1), 1907, 
pp. 12-15. : 
