46 FISH AND PISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF N.S.W., 



A giant species, reaching 6 feet in length, which is captured in the estuaries 

 of our northern rivers. It has heen incorrectly identified as Promicrops itiara 

 in other lists. The young are brilliantly ornamented with black and yellow, but 

 the adults are uniformly dark in colour. 



162g. E. flavocaerulaeus Lacepede, var. hoedtii Bleeker. Serranus hoedtii 

 Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. viii, 1855, p. 406, and Atlas Ichth. vii, 

 1876, p. 45, pi. 283, 2 (PI. xvii) . 

 A specimen received from the Fisheries Department was taken in the Clarence 

 River estuary. 



162h. E. septemfasciatus. Grey-banded Rock Cod. Perca 7-fasciata. 



Thunberg, Vetensk. Acad. Handl. Stockholm xiv, 1793, p. 56, pi. 1. 



Plectropoma susuki Schlegel, Faun. Japonica, Pisces, 1842, p. 11, pi. 



4,1. 

 A rather rare species occurring in deeper water. Length about 12 inches. 



163. Acanthistius Gill, P. Acad. N. Sci. Philad., 1862, p. 236 (serratus) . 

 163a. A. serratus. Wirrah. Plectropoma serratum Cuv. & Val., H.N. 



Poiss. ii, 1828, p. 399; Id. Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. iii, 

 1835, p. 662, pi. 2, 1 (PI. xvii). 

 Similar to the Rock Cods in appearance but of inferior edible quality. Lives 

 among rocks, and grows to 20 inches long. 



164. Gilbertia Jordan & Eigenmann, Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm. viii, 1890. 



p. 346 (semicinctum) . 

 A. Cross-bands descending to lower half of body. annul at a ( 164a i . 



AA. Cross-bands confined to upper half of body. 



B. Reddish, with 6-7 oblique cross-bars on upper half. semicincta (164b). 



BB. Brownish, variegated with darker markings on the sides, jamesoui (164c). 



164a. G. annulata. Banded Sea Perch. Plectropoma annulatum Gun- 

 ther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, i, 1859, p. 158, and Cruise Curacoa, 1873, 

 p. 415, pi. 28, h (PL xviii). 



A rather uncommon species reaching a length of 10 inches. 



164b. G. semicincta. Half-banded Sea Perch. Plectropoma semicinctvm 

 Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ix, 1833, p. 442. Plectro- 

 poma hunti Hector, Tr. N. Zeal. Inst, vii, 1875, p. 240, pi. 10, 1. 



A small fish, not uncommon among rocks along the coast. Length 8 inches. 



164e. G. jamesoni. Hypoplectrodes jamesoui Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld. 



xxi, 1908, p. 16. II. jamesoni McCulloch, Rec. Austr. Mus. ix, 1913, p. 



359, pi. 13. 1 (PI. xviii). 

 Rare in New South Wales. Length 4 inches. 



165. Hypoplectrodes Gill, P. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1862, p. 236 (nigro- 



rubrum) . 

 165a. H. xiGRORUBRUir. Plectropoma nigrorubrum Cuv. & Val., H.N. 



Poiss. ii, 1828, p. 402; Id. Quov & Gaimard, Vov. Astrolabe, Zool. iii. 



1835, p. 659, pi. 4, 1 (PL xviii). 

 A rather uncommon species inhabiting rocky localities. Length 10 inches. 



166. Oligorus Gunther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish. i. 1859. p. 251 (macquarien- 



sis) . 



