PISHES — WAITK. 109 



SO far north. The Port Stephens district is regarded as its most 

 northern range ; and in confirmation of this it is to be noticed 

 tliat it was never obtained noi-tli of Tuggerah Lakes, and only 

 twice nortli of Port Jackson. 



Family TRACHINID^. 



SILL AGO, Cuvier. 



SILLAGO MACULATA, Quoy & Gaimard. 



Trumpeter Whiting. 



Sillago maculata, Quoy k Gaim., Voy. Freycinet, Zool., 1824, 

 p. 261, pi. liii., fig. 2. 



Stations 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 13, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33, 

 38, 39, 43, 50, 51, 52, 58. 



Great confusion has existed in the determination of our two 

 common species of Sillago, namely, S. maculata and S. ciliata, 

 and it has been stated that, except in the matter of spawning, 

 they do not di£Fer materially in habit. Such a statement is by 

 no means borne out by our experience. 



aS'. maculata was trawled on no less than twenty-three occasions 

 throughout almost the whole area traversed, namelj^, from the 

 Shoalhaven to the Manning River, and at all depths ranging 

 from 16 to 84 fathoms. ^S'. ciliata was never once taken. My 

 experience indicates that, of the two, it is only this latter species 

 that is caught by hook and line off the ocean beaches or bays, 

 while, as seems probable, the former is more partial to deep water, 

 and would probably be the fish taken by the trawl. >S'. ciliata is 

 said to spawn along the sand banks of the bays and rivers, other- 

 wise in shallow water. Many examples of S. maculata were taken 

 hea-s'^'- in spawn, while some had apparently just shed their ova, 



FamUij PERCOPHID^. 



PARAPERCIS, Gill 



PARAPERCIS OCULARIS, sp.nov. 



(Plate xxiv.) 



Stations 4, 5, 6, 13, 21, 42, 43, 46, 47, 56. 



B. vi. D. V. 21. A. 18. V. i. 5. P. 19. L. lat. 62. 

 L. tr. 4-17. 



Length of head 38, of caudal fin 48, height of body 4-7, in the 

 total length. Eye very large, 2-6 in the length of the head, 



