52 FISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF N.S.W., 



LXXVII. Family Stromatkidae. 



A. Spinous dorsal distinct from the soft portion though the two may be in con- 

 tact. 

 B. Spinous dorsal at least as high as the soft. 



C. Vomer and palatines with teeth. A'omeus (151). 

 CC. Palate toothless. Psenes (152). 



BB. Dorsal spines shorter than the rays. 



D. Operculum covered with thick skin or naked. Seriolella ( 153 ' . 

 DD. Operculum covered with small scales. Hypcroglyphe (154). 



AA. Spinous dorsal completely united with the soft portion, the two forming a 

 single fin. 



E. Body elongate. Centrolophiis (155'. 



EE. Body ovate. Schedophilus (156). 



151. Nomeus Cuvier, Regne Aniiu. ii, 1817, p. 315 {gronovii) . 



151a. N. gronovii. Portuguese Man -o- war Fish. Gobius gronovii Gnelin. 



Syst. Nat. 13th ed., 1789, p. 1025. S. gronovii Goode & Bean, Oceania 



Ichth., 1895 p. 220, pi. 03, 227 (PI. xv) . 



This species secures protection from its enemies among the tentacles of the 



Physalia or Portuguese Man-o-war, to the stings of which it is perhaps immune. 



It is distributed throughout all temperate and tropical seas. Length inches. 



152. Psenes Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ix, 1833, p. 259 



(cyanophrys) . 

 A. D. x, i, 27-27; A. iii, 25-27. cyanophrys (152a). 



AA. D. xi, i, 19; A. iii, 19. whiteleggii ( 152b i . 



152a. P. cyanophrys. Id. Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ix, 



1833, p. 260, pi. 205. 

 A rare species in our waters. 



152b. P. whiteleggii. Id. Waite, P.L.S.N.S.W. (2) ix, 1894, p. 218, 



pi. 17, 1 (PI. xvi). 

 A pelagic species, occasionally washed up on coastal beaches . Length about 

 2 inches. 



153. Seriolella Guichenot. in Gay, Hist. Chile. Zool. ii. 1848, p. 238 (porosa). 

 A. Pectoral reaching to vertical of anal origin; depth about 2.6 in length. 



brama (153a). 

 AA. Pectoral not nearly reaching vertical of anal origin; depth 3.3-4 in length. 



punctata (153b). 



153a. S. brama. Snotgall Trevalla. Neptomenus brama Gthr., Brit. Mus. Cat. 



Fish, ii, 1860, p. 390. S. brama McCulloch, Zool. Res. Endeavour i. 



1, 1911, p. 34, pi. 9, 1 (PI. xvi). 

 A common southern species, but rare in New South Wales waters. Length 

 30 inches. 



153b. S. punctata. Mackerel Trevalla. Galsterosteus punctatus (Fors- 

 ter) Blocli & Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 1801, p. 36. N. punctata .McCul- 

 loch, Zool. Res. Endeavour i. 1, 1911, p. 316, pi. 10, 1 (PL xvi). 



Rare in New South Wales, but common southwards. Length 12 inches. 



154. Hyperoglyphe Gthr., Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish. i. 1859, p. 337 ( porosa) . 

 154a. H. porosa. Diagramma porosa Richardson, Ichth. Erebus & Terror. 



1845, p. 26, pi. 16, 5-6 (PI. xvi). 

 The only record of this species in New South Wales waters is unreliable. 



