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Chrysojphrys australis. 



„ axillaris. — Jewfish. 

 „ hasta. 

 Clupea hi/pselosoma. — A Queensland Herring. 

 „ sundaica. — Plentiful at Torres Straits. 

 Cossyphus aurifer. 



„ latro, 

 CyUum commersoni. — The Seirfish of India. 

 DentexfiUfer. — Long-tailed Perch. 

 Drepane inmdata. — Chonghu (Chinese). Spotted Dorey. 

 Engraulis nasutus. — The food called " redfish," or '* ikan-merah " 



(Malay), is made from this fish. 

 Genyoroge amdbilis. — The Hussar. 



„ regia. — Queenfish. 

 Ilemirhamphus argenteus. — Snub-nosed Garfish. 

 Lates calcarifer. — Queensland Perch. 

 Lohotes audoram. — Queensland Dusky Perch. 

 Lethrinus chrysostomus. 

 Megalops cyprinoides. — Giant Herring. 

 Mesoprion superhis. — Red Bass. 

 ilf^i5r^7.— Mullet. 



Mugil waigiensis. — Northern Mullet. 

 Murcenesox cinereus. — Pike Eel. 

 Nereis.— The delicacy known as "Palolo," is a small marine 



worm, which, at a certain time of the year appears in vast 



shoals on the surface of the sea near Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, and 



other Pacific Islands. It is regarded as one of the daintiest 



luxuries of the Pacific. They are tied up in bread-fruit leaves 



and baked. 

 Osteoglossum Leichhardti. — The Barramunda. Fresh-water fish. 

 Plaiax or&icw?a?'is.— Silver Dorey. Also found at the Admiralty 



Islands. 

 Polynemus Sheridani. — Mary Eiver or Burnett River Kingfish. One 



of the '' Tassel-fishes." 

 Polynemus tetradadylus.—Cooktov7n salmon, or Bynni Carp. 

 Pristipoma hasta. — Javelin-fish, or Queensland Trumpeter. 

 Psettodes erumei. — Also found on the east coast of Africa, East 



Indian Seas, and the Andamans, 



