BY E. M. JOHNSTON, F.L.S. 



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Salmo salar 

 ii trutta 



fario, v. An- 



sonii 

 fontinalis 



The Salmon 

 Sea Trout* 

 Brown Trout b 



American Trout b 



/■These valuable fishes 

 have all been success- 

 fully introduced from 

 the United Kingdom. 

 The three last species 

 are very abundant now 

 in our rivers and seas. 

 The Brown Trout 

 sometimes reaches a 



• weight of 32lbs. 



Haplochitonid^s (Grayling Family). 

 Prototroctes mar- Cucumber Mullet h This fine little fish is 

 jena or Grayling the most delicious of 



our freshwater fish. 

 It is found abundantly 

 in the Mersey and 

 northern and western 

 rivers. Affords ex- 

 cellent sport to anglers 



Galaxim (Jolly-tail Family). 



/Small fish, very abun- 



Spotted Trout* 

 Jolly Tail" 



Galaxias truttaceus 

 ii attenuatus 



auratus Golden Trout" 



I dant in all our streams 

 < Excellent for the table 

 I and caught readily by 

 V rod and line 

 Largest form, Lake 

 Sorell. 



ScoMBEESOCiDiE (Garfish Family). 

 Hemirhamphus in- Garfish* Excellent fish for the 



termedius breakfast table. Sea- 



son, April-October. 



CLUPiinxaE (Herring Family). 

 Engraulis encrasic- Anchovy* Enters estuaries in large 



holus numbers during sum- 



mer. 

 Clupea sprattus Sprat* Great shoals, Aug. -Nov. 



No attempt has yet been made to utilise these valuable fishes, 

 owing to the absence of appliances and to the lack of enterprise in 

 the shape of fish-curing establishments. 



MuEiEMD^ (Eel Family). 

 AnguillaAustralis Common Eel* No proper appliances 



exist for the capture of 

 these valuable fish. 

 Conger vulgaris Conger* Valuable market_ fish, 



sometimes attains a 

 weight of 40 lbs. 

 Sharks of various kinds are abundant, and although the smaller 

 forms, such as Mustelus, are edible, they are not utilised as food. 



Galeus canis (Dog Fish) is captured largely in certain localities, 

 and the liver is boiled down for oil. The fishermen also largely 

 use the flesh of " Gummies" and "Dog Fish " as bait for the deep- 

 sea Trumpeter fishing. 



