I02 THE EDIBLE FISHES OF NEW SOUTH. WALES. 
Silver Dory (Cyttus australis). 
PLaTE LXVIII. 
Though this magnificent and quaint-looking fish has 
earned for itself the popular name used above, it 1s when 
freshly taken of a beautiful Nannygai-pink. This pinkish or 
reddish tint, however, quickly fades after capture, leaving the 
fish of a uniform whitish-silvery. Like the John Dory, it 
is an outside or ocean fish, and is rarely captured. 
The Silver Dory bears a general resemblance to the John 
Dory, but the whole body is more diamond-shaped. The 
mouth is highly plescopic, though not to such a degree as 
that of the latter. 
This food-fish attains a length of about 15 or 16 inches, 
and is considered to be of good quality. 
FLOUNDERS AND SOLES. 
Large-toothed Flounder (Paralichthys arsius). 
Pirate LXIX. 
This is one of the most abundant of New South Wales 
flat-fishes. It is distinctly a northern species, and becomes 
more common as we proceed in a northerly direction from 
Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson), being particularly abundant 
in the estuaries of our great northern rivers. It attains 
a length of about 15 inches, and is a fine table-fish. In 
the aggregate, considerable quantities of the Large-toothed 
Flounder are brought to market annually in New South 
Wales. 
Apart from other differences and considerations of color, 
this species may, as I have already pointed out in “ Fishes 
of Australia,’ be readily distinguished from its near ally, the 
Small-toothed Flounder, by (1) the presence of several com- 
paratively-large canine teeth near the front of the jaw (while 
in the latter the teeth are fairly-uniform in each jaw, being but 
slightly enlarged at the front of the upper jaw); also (2) the 
slightly increased number of dorsal and anal rays, as compared 
