34 FISH AND PISH-LIKE ANIMALS OP N.S.W., 



LXV. Family Monocentridae. 



121. Cleidopus De Vis, P.L.S.N.S.W. vii, 1882. p. 367 (gloria-maris). 



This genus differs from Monocentris in having a patch of vomerine teeth, a 

 luminous organ on each side of the mandible, and the suborbital linear instead of 

 broad. 



121a. C. gloria-maris. Knight Fish. Id. De Vis, P.L. S.N. S . W. vii, 1882, 

 p. 368. Monocentris gloria-maris Waite, Mem. Austr. Mus. iv. 1, 1899, 

 p. 67, pi. 8, 1-2 (PI. xii). 

 Not uncommonly taken by trawlers on the coast, and characterised by the 

 presence of "port and starboard lights" on its lower jaw. Length 9 inches. 



LXVI. Family Zeidae. 



A. Series of bony plates along the bases of the vertical fins. 



B. 4 anal spines, scales evident. Zeus (122). 



BB. 3 anal spines, body naked. Zenopsis (123). 



AA. No series of bony plates at bases of vertical fins; body scaly. Cyitus (124). 



122. Zeus Linn., Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 266 (faber). 



122a. Z. faber. John Dory. Id. Linn., Tom. tit., p. 267 ; Id. Day, Fish. Gt . 

 Brit. & Irel. i, 1880-1884, p. 138, pi. 48 (PI. xii). 

 Common in deep water, and prized as a table fish. Length about 2 feet. 



123. Zenopsis Gill. P.Ac.N.Sci. Philad. 1862, p. 126 (nebulosus). 



123a. Z. nebulosus. Mirror Dory. Zeus nebulosus Schlegel, Faun. Japon. 

 Pisces 1847, p. 123, pi. 66. Zeno.psis nebulosus McCulloeh, Zool. Res- 

 Endeavour i. 1, 1911, p. 83, pi. 16, 1 (PI. xii). 

 A deep water species taken by trawlers. Remarkable for its silver mirror-like 

 body. Length 14 inches. 



124. Cyttus Gthr., Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, ii, 1860, p. 396 (australis). 



124a. C. australis. Silver Dory. Capros australis Rich., Tr. Zool. Soc. iii. 

 1849, p. 72, and Ichth. Erebus & Terror, 1845, p. 137, pi. 59, 1-5 (PI. xii). 

 Commonly taken by trawlers in moderate depths. Length 16 inches. 



Ribbonfishes.— Order ALLOTRIOGNATHI. 



A. Each ventral fin reduced to a single long filament. Family Regalecidae (lxvii). 

 AA. Each ventral fin either with several rays or wanting. 



Family Trachipteridae (No. lxviii). 



LXVII. Family Regalecidae. 



125. Regalecus Ascanius Icones rerum Nat. ii, 1772, p. 5 (glesne) . 



125a. R. glesxe. Ribbon Fish, Oar Fish. Id. Ascanius, Op. cit. Gymne- 



trus gladius Valenciennes, R. Anim. Illustr. Poiss., 1843, p. 149, pi. 69 



(PI. xi). 



A specimen 12 feet long was found on a beach in Fort Jackson. This species 



reaches a length of over 20 feet and is believed to have given rise to several 



stories of the occurrence of Sea-serpents. 



