30 FISH AND PISH-LIKE ANIMALS OP N.S.W.j 



105. Athlennes Jordan & Fordyee, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix, 1886, p. 345 (Mans). 

 105a. A. caeruleofasciatus. Barred Long Tom. Tylosurus caeruleofasciatus 



Stead, New Fish N.S. Wales (Fish. Dept. N.S. Wales), 1908, p. 3, 

 pi. 1. A. caeruleofasciatus Ogilby, Mem. Qld. Mus. v, 1916, p. 130, pi. 

 14 (PI. x). 

 Characterised by the compressed body which bears several dark vertical bars 

 on the sides. Not common. Length 2 feet. 



LIX. Family Bxocoetidae. 



A. Ventral fins shorter, inserted nearer tip of snout than base of tail. 



Exocoelns (106). 

 AA. Ventral fins enlarged, inserted nearer base of tail than tip of snout. 



Cypselwnts (107) . 



106. Exocoetus Linn., Syst. Nat. 10th ed., 1758, p. 316 (volitans) . 



106a. E. evolans. Flying Fish. Id. Linn., Syst. Nat. 12th. ed., 1766, p. 521 ; 

 Id. Day, Fish India, 1877, p. 519, pi. 120, 5 (PI. x). 

 Widely distributed over temperate and tropical seas. Length about 12 inches. 



107. Cypsei.itrus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish. See., ii, 1839, p. 296 (nuttalli). 

 A. Anal fin commencing below dorsal origin. 



B . Pectoral with a light median band . speculiger ( 107a > . 



BB. Pectoral without a light median band. Cribrosus (107b). 



AA. Anal fin commencing opposite middle of dorsal. melanocercus (107c). 



107a. C. speculiger. Flying Fish. Exocoetus speculiger Cuv. & Val., Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss. xix, 1846, p, 94. C. speculiger Jordan & Seale, Bull. U.S. 

 Bur. Fish, xxv, 1900, p. 209, fig. 13. 



107b. C. cribrosus. Flying Fish. Exocetus unicolor rel cribrosa Kncr.. 

 Reise Novara, Zool. i, 1867, p. 325. C. cribrosus McCulloeh, Mem. Qld. 

 Mus. v, 1916, p. 59, pi. 7 (PI. x). 

 Occasionally flies aboard ships on the coast. Length about 12 inches. 



107c. C. melanocercus. Larger Flying Fish. Exocoetus melanocercus 

 Ogilby, P.L.S.N.S.W. x, 1885, p. 123. 

 A rather rare species, only known from the coast near Sydney. Length 16 

 inches. 



LX. Family Hehirhamphidae. 



A. Lower jaw produced into a long beak. 



B. Pectoral fins short, body moderately compressed. Hemirhamphus (108). 



BB Pectoral fins long; body much compressed. Euleptorhamphus (109). 



AA. Lower jaw forming only a short beak. Arrhamphus (110), 



108. Hemirhamphus Cuvier, Regne Anim. ii, 1817. p. 186 (brasiliensis). 

 A. Origin of anal fin almost opposite that of the dorsal. 



B. Ventral origin nearer the hypural joint than the gill-opening. 



intermedins (lOSa). 

 H. australis is apparently allied to H. intermedins. 

 BB. Ventral origin nearer the gill-opening than the hypural joint. 



regular is ( 108c I . 

 AA. Origin of anal fin almost opposite the middle of the dorsal. far (10Sd). 



