454 HISTORY OF 



FISH. 



To give any accurate idea of all the finny 

 inhabitants of the deep surrounding New South 

 Wales, is a task to be effected at some far remote 

 period. Little indeed is the information I can 

 give on this head at present, but that little is 

 from the first authority. 



THE COMPRESSED SPAHUS 



Is about six inches in length, of a silvery 

 white colour with a compressed body, as inti- 

 mated by its name, and covered with scales of a 

 moderate size. 



CYPRINACEOUS LABRUS. 



Tins Fish which is termed Labrus Corpore 

 Albescente. Labrus with whitish body, it is only 

 about six inches in length with large scales, and 

 as before observed is of a whitish colour. 



DOUBTFUL LOPHIUS. 



The Doubtful Lophius is about six inches 

 long, and of a very deep brown colour, nearly 

 -black; the mouth which is very wide, is fur- 

 nished with several rows of teeth both slender 

 and sharp ; the brown on the belly is paler than 

 that on the back considerably. 



