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210a. G. ovatus. Silverbelly. Id. Gthr., Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, i, 1859, p. 



343. Xystaemu ovattim Waite, Mem. Austr. Mus. iv. 1, 1899, p. 83, pi. 



13 (PI. xxiv.). 

 Abundant in shallow waters and growing to 10 inches long. 



210b. G. subfasciatus. Id. Cuvier & Valenciennes, H. N. Poiss. vi, 1830, p. 



477. 

 A little known species, said to have been taken in Fort Jackson. 



210c. G. argtreus. Cichla argyrea (Forster) Bloch & Schneider, Syst. 



Ichth. 1801, p. 344. 

 A tropical species straying into New South Wales waters. 



XCVIII. Family Sciaenidae. 



A. Precaudal vertebrae less numerous than those of caudal region ; caudal tin 



convex posteriorly. Sciaena (21 It 



AA. Precaudal vertebrae more numerous than those of caudal region; caudal fin 

 slightly emarginate posteriorly. Atractoscion (212 ». 



211. Sciaena Linn., Syst. Nat. 10th. ed.. 1758, p. 289 (umbra). 



211a. S. Antarctica. Jewfish. Id. Castelnau, P.Z.S. Viet, i, 1872, p. 100, 

 fig. .S'. hololepidota antarctica Ogilbv. Mem. Qld. Mus. vi, 1918, p. 70. 

 pi. 21 (PI. xxiv.). 



A most important food-fish, growing to a length of over feet. It is per- 

 haps identical with the Maigre of European waters. 



212. Atractoscion Gill, P. Acad. N. Sei. Philad., 1862, p. 18 (aequidens). 



212a. A. atelodus. Teraglin. Otolithic atelodus Gunther, A.M.N.H. (3) 

 xx, 1867, p. 60. Cynoscion atelodus Roughley, Fish. Austr., 1916, p. 115, 

 pi. 36 (PI. xxiv.). 



A fine edible fish, sometimes occurring plentifully off the coast. Length 3 feet. 



