i 7 2 FISHES OF AUSTRALIA. 



where it attains a length of about 6 feet. It is occasionally 

 captured on the British coasts. 



Fig. 62. LTJVABUS PISH (Luvarus imperial-is). 



Only once has this interesting fish been known to have 

 been captured on the Australian coast; the locality being 

 Bermagui, N.S.W. This specimen measured about 6 feet 

 2 inches in length, the girth being 4 feet 8 inches and the 

 spread of the tail 2 feet 3 inches. The weight was be- 

 tween 2 and 3 hundredweight. The colour was a silvery 

 salmon-pink such as one sees in the Nannygai. 



It is supposed that this Luvarus had become stranded 

 while in pursuit of food ; as, when it was discovered, it was 

 surrounded by a large quantity of the small crustaceans 

 known as "Whale-Feed." 



DOLPHIN-FISHES. 



(Family: Coryphcenidcr.') 



AT the outset, I would like to make it quite clear, that 

 these fishes are not to be confounded with the cetaceans 

 known as Dolphins, which are warm-blooded mammals like 

 the Whale. I feel it necessary to mention this, as I find 

 there is considerable confusion at times on the point. 



The Dolphin-Fishes are large, pelagic fishes of a carni- 

 vorous nature; very widely distributed in various oceans 

 They are very remarkable-looking, with their high "fore- 

 heads," their elongate, narrow bodies and strong forked 



