42 FISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF N.S.W., 



LXXVII. Family Stromateidae. 



A. Spinous dorsal distinct from the soft portion though the two may be in con- 

 tact. 

 B. Spinous dorsal at least as high as the soft. 



C. Vomer and palatines with teeth. Nomeus (131). 

 CC. Palate toothless. Pseues (152). 



BB. Dorsal spines shorter than the rays. 



D . Operculum covered with thick skin or naked. Seriolella (153) . 

 DD. Operculum covered with small scales. Hyperoglyphe (154;. 



AA. Spinous dorsal completely united with the soft portion, the two forming a 

 single fin. 



E. Body elongate. Centrolophus (155). 



EE. Body ovate. Schedopliilus (156). 



151. Nomeus Cuvier, Regne Aniui. ii, 1817, p. 315 (gronovii) . 



151a. N. gronovii. Portuguese Man -o- war Pish. Gobius grutwvii Gnelia. 



Syst. Nat. 13tli ed., 178'J, p. 1025. A. gronovii Goode & Bean, Oceanir. 



Ichth., 1895 p. 220, pi. 03, 227 (PI. sv) . 



This species secures protection from its enemies among the tentacles of the 



Physalia or Portuguese Man-o-war, to the stings of which it is perhaps immune. 



It is distributed throughout all temperate and tropical seas. Length iuches. 



152. Psenes Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ix, 1833, p. 259 



(cyanophrys) . 

 A. D. x, i, 27-27; A. iii, 25-27. cyanophrys (152a). 



AA. D. xi, i, 19; A. iii, 19. zvkiteleggii (152b). 



152a. P. cyanophrys. Id. Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ix, 



1833, p. 200, pi. 205. 

 A rare species in our waters. 



152b. P. whiteleggii. Id. Waite, P.L.S.N.S.W. (2) ix, 1894, p. 218, 



pi. 17, 1 (PI. xvi). 

 A pelagic species, occasionally washed up on coastal beaches. Length about 

 2 inches. 



153. Seriolella Guichenot, in Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. ii. 1848, p. 238 (porosa). 

 A. Pectoral reaching to vertical of anal origin; depth about 2.6 in length. 



, . _. , , , . drama (153a). 



AA. Pectoral not nearly reaching vertical of anal origin; depth 3.3-4 in length. 



punctata (153b). 

 153a. S. brama. Snotgall Treyai.la. Neptomemis brama Gthr., Brit, Mus. Cat. 

 Pish, ii, 1800, p. 390. S. brama McCullocb, Zool. Res. Endeavour i 

 1, 1911, p. 34, pi. 9, 1 (PL xvi). 

 A common southern species, but rare in New South Wales waters. Length 

 30 inches. 



153b. S. punctata. Mackerel Treyalla. Gaeterosteus punctata* (Fors- 

 ter) Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 1801, p. 30. S. punctata McCul- 

 locb, Zool. Res. Endeavour i. 1, 1911. p. 310. pi. 10, 1 (PL xvi). 



Rare in New South Wales, but common southwards. Length 12 inches. 



154. Hyperoglyphe Gthr., Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish. i. 1859, p. 337 (porosa). 

 154a. H. porosa. Biagramma porosa Richardson. Ichth. Erebus & Terror 



1845, p. 26, pi. 16, 5-6 (PI. xvi). 

 The only record of this species in New South Wales waters is unreliable. 



