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



179. Adexapogox McCulloeh, Rec. Austr. Mus. xiii. 4, 1921, p. 132. 



(roseigaster) . 

 A. Dorsal and anal fins each with 10 rays, their margins straight. 



roseigaster (179a). 

 AA. Dorsal and anal fins each with 8 rays, their margins rounded. woodi (179b). 



179a. A. roseigaster. Apogon roseigaster Ramsay & Ogilby, P.L.S.N.S.W. 



(2) i, 18S7. p. 1101. Adenapogon roseigaster McCulloeh, Rec. Austr. 



Mus. xiii. 4. 1921. p. 133. pi. 21. 2 (Plate xx) . 

 A minute species, 3 inches long. 



179b. A. woodi. Id. McCulloeh, Rec. Austr. Mus. xiii. 4, 1921, p. 134, 

 pi. 21, 3. 



180. Glossamia Gill, P. Acad. N. Sci. Philad., 1863, p. 82 (aprio,,) . 

 180a. G. gillii. Apogoniehthys gittii Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. 



Wien lvi. i, 1867, p. 11, pi. 1, 1. G. gillii McCulloeh, Rec. Austr. 

 Mus. xi. 7, 1917, p. 171. pi. 21, 4 (PI. xx) . 

 A fresh water species. Length about 5 inches. 



181. Apogonops Ogilby. P.L.S.N.S.W. xxi, 1896, p. 23 (atiomahts). 



181a. A. axomalus. Id. Ogilby, Tom. cit., p. 24; Id. McCulloeh, Zool. 



Res. Endeavour i. 1, 1911, p. 55, fig. 13 (PI. xx) . 

 Abundant in depths about 60 fathoms, where it is largely preyed upon by the 

 Deep-sea Flathead, Platycephalus macrodon. Length 5 inches. 



182. Dixolestes Klunzinger, Arch. Naturg. xxxviii. i, 1872, p. 29 (mulleri). 

 182a. D. lewini. Loxg-fixxed Sea Pike. Esox lewini Griffiths, Cuv. 



Anim. Kingd. x, 1834, p. 465, pi. 60. Lanioperca mordax McCoy, 

 Prodr. Zool. Vict, dec.xii. 1886, p. 115 (PI. xx) . 

 A southern species. Length 20 inches. 



LXXXIV. Family Sillaginidae. 



A. Dorsal fins united, scales small, about 130. Sillaginodes (1S3). 



AA. Dorsal fins separate; scales larger, 65-75. Si/lago (184). 



183. Sillagixodes Gill, P. Aead. N. Sci. Philad., 1861, p. 504 (punctatus). 

 183a. S. puxctatus. Spotted Whiting. Sillago punctatus Cuv. & Val., 



H.N. Poiss. iii. 1829. p. 413: Id. Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe. 

 Zool. iii, 1835, p. 671. pi. 1. 1 (PI. xxi). 

 A southern species, not usually plentiful in our waters. Length 18 inches. 



184. Sillago Cuvier, R. Anim. ii, 1817, p. 258 (acuta). 

 A. A conspicuous dark mark at the base of the pectoral fin. 



B. Caudal peduncle as broad as postorbital portion of head. ciliala (184a). 

 BB. Caudal peduncle narrower than postorbital portion of head. 



maculata (184b). 

 AA. Xo black mark on base of pectoral fin. 



C. Ventrals inserted below origin of first dorsal. robusta 184c). 

 CC. Ventrals inserted in advance of origin of first dorsal. bassensis ( lS4d i . 



184a. S. ciliata. Sand Whitixg. Id. Cuv. & Val.. H. X. Poiss. iii, 1829, 



p. 415; Id. McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict, dec.xix, 1889, pi. 182. 

 A fine edible fish, occurring on sandy bottoms all along the coastline. Length 

 18 inches. 



