40 PISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF N.S.W., 



105. Athlennes Jordan & Fordyee, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix, 1886, p. 345 (Mans). 



105a. A. caeruleofasciatus. Barred Long Tom. Tylosurus caendeofasciatus 



Stead, New Fish N.S. Wales (Fish. Dept. N.S. Wales), 1908, p. 3, 



pi. 1. ' A. caeruleofasciatus Ogilhy, Mem. Qld. Mus. v, 1916, p. 130, pi. 



14 (PI. x). 



Characterised by the compressed body which bears several dark vertical bars 



on the sides. Not common. Length 2 feet. 



LIX. Family Exocoetidae. 



A. Ventral fins shorter, inserted nearer tip of snout than base of tail. 



Exocoetus (106). 

 AA. Ventral fins enlarged, inserted nearer base of tail than tip of snout. 



Cypselurus (107). 



106. Exocoetus Linn., Syst. Nat. 10th ed., 1758, p. 316 (volitans) . 



106a. E. evolans. Flying Fish. Id. Linn., Syst. Nat. 12th. ed., 1766, p. 521 ; 

 Id. Day, Fish India, 1877, p. 519, pi. 120, 5 (PI. x). 

 Widely distributed over temperate and tropical seas. Length about 12 inches. 



107. Cypselurus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish. &c., ii, 1839, p. 296 (nuttalli). 

 A. Anal fin commencing below dorsal origin. 



B. Pectoral with a light median band. speculiger (107a). 



BB. Pectoral without a light median band. cribrosus (107b). 



AA. Anal fin commencing opposite middle of dorsal. melanocercus (107c). 



107a. C. speculiger. Flying Fish. E.rocoetus speculiger Cuv. & Val., Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss. xix, 1846, p. 94. C. speculiger Jordan & Seale, Bull. U.S. 

 Bur. Fish, xxv, 1906, p. 209, fig. 13. 



107b. C. cribrosus. Flying Fish. Exocetus unicolor rel cribrosa Kner., 

 Reise Novara, Zool. i, 1867, p. 325. C. cribrosus McCulloch, Mem. Qld. 

 Mus. v, 1916, p. 59, pi. 7 (PI. x). 

 Occasionally flies aboard ships on the coast. Length about 12 inches. 



107c. C. melanocercus. Larger Flying Fish. Exocoetus melanocercus 

 Ogilby, P . L . S . N . S . W . x, 1885, p. 123. 

 A rather rare species, only known from the coast near Sydney. Length 16 

 inches. 



LX. Family Hemirhamphidae. 



A. Lower jaw produced into a long beak. 



B. Pectoral fins short, body moderately compressed. Hemirhamphus (108). 



BB. Pectoral fins long; body much compressed. Euleptorhamphus (109). 



AA. Lower jaw forming only a short beak. Arrhampfius (110). 



108. Hemirhamphus Cuvier, Regne Anim. ii, 1817, p. 186 (brasiliensis). 

 A. Origin of anal fin almost opposite that of the dorsal. 



B. Ventral origin nearer the hypural joint than the gill-opening. 



intermedins (108a). 

 H. auslratis is apparently allied to H. intermedins. 

 BB- Ventral origin nearer the gill-opening than the hypural joint. 



regularis (108c) . 

 AA. Origin of anal fin almost opposite the middle of the dorsal. far (108di. 



