60 FISII AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OF N.S.W., 



179. Adenapogon McCulloch, Rec. Austr. Mus. xiii. 4, 1921, p. 132. 



(roseigaster) . 

 A. Dorsal and anal fins each with 10 rays, their margins straight. 



roseigaster (179a). 

 AA. Dorsal and anal fins each with S ravs, tl.eir margins rounded. woodi 1179b). 



179a. A. roseigaster. Apogon roseigaster Ramsay & Ogilby, P.L.S.N.S.W. 



(2) i, 1887, p. 1101. Adenapogon roseigaster McCulloch, Rec. Austr. 



Mus. xiii. 4. 1921, p. 133, pi. 21, 2 (Plate xx) . 

 A minute species, 3 inches long. 



1791). A. woodi. Id. McCulloch, Rec. Austr. Mus. xiii. 4, 1921. p. 134, 

 pi. 21. 3. 



180. Glossajiia Gill, P. Acad. N. Sci. Philad., 1803, p. 82 (aprion) . 

 180a. G. gillii. Apogonichthys gillii Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. 



Wien hi. i, 1867, p. 11, pi. 1, 1. G. gillii McCulloch, Rec. Austr. 

 Mus. xi. 7, 1917, p. 171, pi. 21. 4 (PI. xx) . 

 A fresh water species. Length about 5 inches. 



181. Apogonops Ogilby, P.L.S.N.S.W. xxi, 1896, p. 23 (anomalus). 



181a. A. anomalus. Id. Ogilby, Tom. cit., p. 24; Id. McCulloch, Zool. 



Res. Endeavour i. 1, 1911, p. 55, fig. 13 (PI. xx). 

 Abundant in depths about 60 fathoms, where it is largely preyed upon by the 

 Deep-sea Flathead, Platycepkalus maerodon. Length 5 inches. 



182. Dixolestes Klunzinger, Arch. Naturg. xxxviii. i, 1872, p. 29 (mulleri) . 

 182a. D. LEWtsri. Loxg-fixxed Sea Pike. Esox lewini Griffiths, Cuv. 



Aniiu. Kingd. x, 1834, p. 465, pi. 60. Lanioperca mordax McCoy, 

 Prodr. Zool. Vict, dec.xii, 1886, p. 115 (PI. xx) . 

 A southern species. Lengfh 20 inches. 



LXXXIV. Family Sillagixidae. 



A. Dorsal fins united, scales small, about 130. Sillaginodes (1S3). 



AA. Dorsal fins separate; scales larger, 65-75. Sillago (184). 



183. Sillagixodes Gill, P. Acad. N. Sci. Philad., 1861, p. 504 (punctatus) . 

 183a. S. puxctatus. Spotted Whiting. Sillago punctatus Cuv. & Val„ 



H.N. Poiss. iii, 1829, p. 413; Id. Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, 

 Zool. iii, 1835, p. 671, pi. 1, 1 (PI. xxi). 

 A southern species, not usually plentiful in our waters. Length 18 inches. 



184. Sillago Cuvier, R. Anim. ii, 1817, p. 258 (acuta). 



A. A conspicuous dark mark at the base of the pectoral fin. 



B. Caudal peduncle as broad as postorbital portion of head. cilia/a (lS4a). 

 BB. Caudal peduncle narrower than postorbital portion of head. 



maculata (lS4b). 

 AA. No black mark on base of pectoral fin. 



C. Ventrals inserted below origin of first dorsal. robusta 184c). 

 CC . Ventrals inserted in advance of origin of first dorsal. bassensis ( lS4d ) . 



184a. S. ciliata. Sand Whiting. Id. Cuv. & Val., H. N. Poiss. iii, 1829, 



p. 415; Id. McCoy. Prodr. Zool. Vict, dec.xix, 1889, pi. 182. 

 A fine edible fish, occurring on sandy bottoms all along the coastline. Length 

 18 inches. 



