68 FISH AND FISH-LIKE ANIMALS OP N.S.W. 



21Ua. G. ovatus. Silyerbelly. Id. Gthr., Brit. Mus. Cat. Fisb. i, 1859, p. 

 . 343. Xystaema uvatum Waite, Mem. Austr. Mus. iv. 1, 1899, p. 83, pi. 

 13 (PI. xxiv.). 

 Abundant in shallow waters and growing to 10 inches long. 



210b. G. subfasciatus. Id. Cuvier & Valenciennes, H. N. Poiss. vi, 1830, p. 



477. 

 A little known species, said to have been taken in Port Jackson. 



'210c. G. argyreu.s. Cichla argyrea (Forster) Blocb & Schneider, Syst. 



Ichth. 1801, p. 344. 

 A tropical species straying into New South Wales waters. 



XCVIII. Family Sciaenidae. 



A. Precaudal Yertebrae less numerous than those of caudal region; caudal fin 



convex posteriorly. Sciaena (2111. 



AA. Precaudal Yertebrae more numerous than those of caudal region; caudal fin 



slightly emarginate posteriorly Alractoscion (212). 



211. Sciaena Linn., Syst. Nat. 10th. ed., 1758, p. 289 (umbra). 



211a. S. Antarctica. Jewfish. /(/. Castelnau, P.Z.S. Vict, i, 1872, p. 100, 

 tig. S. hololepidvta artarctica Ogilby, Mem. Qld. Mus. vi, 1918, p. 70, 

 pi. 21 (PL xxiv.). 



A most important food-fish, growing to a length of over 6 feet. It is per- 

 haps identical with the Maigre of European waters. 



212. Atractoscion Gill, P. Acaa. N. Sci. Philad., 1862, p. 18 (aequidcns). 

 212a. A. atelodus. Teraglin. Otulitlius atelodus Gunther, A.M.N.H. (3) 



xx, 1807, p. 00. Vynoscion atelodus Roughley, Fish. Austr., 1910, p. 115, 

 pi. 36 (PI. xxiv.). 

 A fine edible lish, sometimes occurring plentifully off the coast. Length 3 feet. 



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