30 FISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF K.S.W., 



XXXVIII. Family Aulopidae. 



64. Aulopus Cuvier, Reg. Anim. ii, 1817, p. 170 (fHamcntosus). 



64a. A. purpupissatus. Serjeant Baker. Id. Rich., Icon. Pise, 1843, p. 5, 

 pi. 2, 3. Id. McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Viet. dec. v. 188.1, pis. 54-55. (PI. vi.). 



A brilliantly coloured fish, commonly captured along the coast. The male 

 differs from the female in having the anterior dorsal rays prolonged. Length 

 about 2 feet. 



XXX IX. Family Sudidae. 



65. Chlorophthalmus Bonap., Faun. Ital., Fasc. 138, 1840 (agassizii) . 

 65a. C. nigripinnis. Cucumber Fish. Id. Gthr., A.M.N.H. (5) ii, 1878, p. 



182. and Chall. Zool. xxii, 1887, p. 193, pi. 51, a. (PI. vi.). 

 Plentiful in deep water where it is taken by trawlers. Length 10 inches. 



XL. Family Synodontidae. 



A. Eye-diam«ter longer than the snout and greater than the interorbital width. 



Irachinocephalus (66). 

 AA, Eye-diameter shorter than the snout and less than the interorbital width. 



Saurida (67)- 



06. Irachinocephalus Gill, P. Aead. Philad. 1861, Suppl. p. 53 (myops). 

 66a. T. myops. Painted Saury. Salmo myops (Forst.) Bloch & Schn., Syst. 

 Ichth., 1801, p. 421. Syiwdus myops Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. vi, 1875, p. 

 153, pi. 278, 3. (PI. vi.). 

 An ornate tropical species, not common in this State. 



67. Saurida Cuv. & Val., H.N. Poiss. xxii, 1849, p. 499 (tumbil) . 



A. 4J scales between the dorsal fin and the lateral line; fins not spotted. 



tumbil (67a). 

 AA. 3J scales between the dorsal fin and the lateral line; fins spotted. 



gracilis (67b). 



67a. S. tumbil. Saury. Salmo tumbil Bloch, Ichth. xii, 1795, p. 100, pi. 



430. Saurida tumbil Blkr., Atlas. Ichth. vi, 1875, p. 155, pi. 277, 4. 



(PI. vi.). 

 A tropical species, occasionally extending southward to Port Jackson. 



67b. S. gracilis Saurus gracilis Quoy & Gairu., Zool. Uranie, 1824, p. 224. 



Saurida nebulosa Blkr., Atlas Ichth. vi, 1875, p. 156, pi. 277, 1. 

 Rare in New South ^Yales waters. 



XLI. Family Alepisauridae. 



68. Alepisaurus Lowe. P.Z.S. 1833, p. 104 (ferox). 



68a. A. ferox. Id. Lowe, Tom. cit., and Tr. Zool. Soc. i, 1834, p. 124, pis. 19 

 & 59. Id. Goode & Bean, U.S. Nat. Mus. Spec. Bull, ii, 1895, p. 117, pi. 

 38, 142. (PI. vi.). 



A rare oceanic fish reaching five feet in length . 



Order OSTARIOPHYSI. 

 Carps— Suborder CYPRINOIDEI. 

 Fresh water fishes with a single dorsal fin, which is armed with one serrated 

 spine anteriorly. 



