go THE EDIBLE FISHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
This fish is elongate in form, the body not being highly 
compressed. The skin has a smooth feeling, the scales being 
small. 
Runner (Layatis bipinnulatus). 
Pirate LX. 
The only record of the occurrence of this fine species in 
our waters is that made by me last year,* when I chronicled 
the capture of a specimen, measuring 27} inches, which had 
been captured off North Head, Port Jackson. The species 
is gregarious, and the example captured was probably one 
of a large shoal. 
Tailer (Pomatomus saltatriz). 
Prate LXI. 
This is the important food-fish which is so familiar to our 
American brothers as ‘‘ Bluefish,” and here I might be per- 
mitted to illustrate its abundance in the waters of New South 
Wales by suggesting that, should the American supplies ever 
give out, the plant for its capture may safely be transferred 
here, as the supply, both present and prospective, is apparently 
without limit. 
In the following I have quoted largely from my article 
on the Tailer in “ Fishes of Australia,’ wherein I dealt pretty 
fully with it. 
Though adult Tailer (or Tailor) are adapted for roaming 
over large areas of water—and do so—the young are found in 
great profusion in many of the inlets embraced within its 
habitat. Particularly is this so in Port Jackson, where large 
numbers of immature examples are enclosed in almost every 
haul of the “ garfish’’—or “‘ hauling’’—net. Even in the inlets 
themselves, the young often mass themselves together so as 
to form large shoals, particularly when small fishes like the 
young of the Pilchard are present in great quantities. 
Amongst these the young Tailer, trying to emulate their 
older relatives, play great havoc. When the Tailer are 
* Stead: Additions to the Fish-Fauna of New South Wales (No. 1), 1907, p- 17- 
