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



247. Dacttlophora De Vis, P.L.S. N.S.W. viii, 1883, p. 284 (semim-aculata) . 

 247a. D. nigricans. Dusky Morwong. Chilodactylus nigricans Richard- 

 son, P.Z.S. 1850, p. 63. C. nebulosus Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss 

 Wien lxxxviii. 1, 1884, p. 1078, pi. 2.1 (PI. xxix). 



A southern fish, growing to about 2 feet long. 



248. Cheilodactylus Lacep., H. N. Poiss. v, 1803, p. 5 (fasciatus). 



A. Margin of spinous dorsal evenly convex. subg Cheilodactylus. 



B. 31-33 dorsal rays; body nearly uniform. fuscus (248a). 



BB. 26-27 dorsal rays; body with brown cross bands. spectabilis (248b). 



AA. Spinous dorsal elevated in front- subg. Goniislius. 



C Body white, with oblique blackish bands. gibbosus (248c). 



248a. C. fuscus. Red Morwong. Id. Castelnau, P.L.S. N.S.W. iii, 1879, 



p. 376; Id. Roughley, Fish. Austr., 1916, p. 125, pi. 40 (PI. xxix). 

 A fine food fish, common around sunken reefs. Length 15 inches. 



248b. C. spectabilis. Brown-banded Morwong. Id. Hutton, Fish. N. 



Zealand, 1872, p. 8, and T. N. Zeal. Inst, v, 1873, p. 259, pi. 7, 11. 

 A southern fish, not common in New South Wales. Length about 2 feet. 



248c. C. Goniistius gibbosus. Magpie Morwong. Chilodactylus gibbosu3 

 Richardson, P.Z.S. 1841, p. 21. Goniistius gibbosus Stead, Ed. Fish. 

 N.S. Wales, 1908, p. 72, pi. 41 (PI. xxix). 



Not uncommon in inlets along the coast, but not often captured by line 

 fishermen. Length 12 inches. 



CXVII. Family Latrididae. 



A. Vomer with teeth; median pectoral rays longest. Latris (249). 



AA. Vomer toothless; upper pectoral rays longest. Latridopsis (250). 



249. Latris Richardson, P.Z.S. 1839, p. 99 (hecateia). 



249a, L. lineata. Tasmanian Trumpeter. Cichla lineata Bloch & 

 Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 342. Latris hecateia Richardson, Tr. 

 Zool. Soc. iii, 1842, p. 106, pi. 6, L (PI. xxix). 

 Said to occur in the southern waters of New South Wales, but not reliably 

 recorded. Length about 40 inches. 



250. Latridopsis Gill, P. Acad. N. Sci. Philad. 1862, p. 114 (ciliaris). 



250a. L. forsteri. Bastard Trumpeter. Latris forsteri Castelnau, P. 



Zool. Soc. Vict, i, 1872, p. 77. Latridopsis forsteri McCulloch, Biol. 



Res. Endeavour iii. 3, 1915, p. 146, pi. 27 (PI. xxix). 

 A southern fish, occurring in deeper water in New South Wales. Length 

 about 2 feet. 



Pomacentriformes. 

 CXVIII. Family Pomacentridae. 



Small ornate fishes, plentiful in tropical waters, which have but a single 

 nostril on each side of the snout. The lower pharyngeals are ankylosed to form 

 a single bone. 



