Zoology.'] 



NATURAL HISTOEY OF VICTOEIA. 



[Fishes. 



Measurements — continued. 



Measurements. 











Approximate 

 Proportional 

 Measurement. 





(A. 





(B) 



(A) 



(B) 





ft. ins. 



ines. 



ins. 



ines. 







Length from snout to anus (measured along ventral edge) 



2 4 







6 



7 



67 



66 



„ from anus to end of middle of caudal 



1 1 



3 



3 



5 



32 



34 



,, from snout to base of pectoral 



8 



6 



2 



6 



21 



25 



„ from snout to origin of 1st dorsal 



8 







2 



3 



20 



22 



„ from snout to origin of 2nd dorsal 



2 5 







7 







69 



70 



„ from snout to origin of ventral fin 



8 



9 



2 



9 



22 



28 



„ of pectoral 



3 



3 







11 



8 



9 



Height of 1st dorsal 



2 



1 







9 



5 



8 



„ of 2nd dorsal 



2 



6 







81 



6 



8 



Length of anal 



2 



9 







11 



7 



9 



Depth of anal ... 



2 



3 







8 



6 



7 



Length from base to tip of ventral fin 



1 



5 







5 



3 



5 



Width between eyes 



1 



7 







5 



4 



5 



Depth of body in front of ventral, about 



5 







1 



5 



12 



14 



Thickness of body in front of dorsal, about 



4 











9 



10 



8 



Length of largest intermaxillary teeth 







6 







3 



... 



... 



„ of largest teeth of upper jaw 







H 







Oi 



... 



... 



„ of largest teeth on edge of lower jaw 







n 







1 



... 



... 



Reference. — Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. 8 7 t. 219. 



There can be no doubt of the identity of our Australian Barra- 

 couta and that so abundant at the Cape of Good Hope ; and Dr. 

 Richardson's supposed T. altivelis must, I fancy, be founded on 

 some mistake. The stomach usually contains many small fishes 

 of its own and other species. 



The Barracouta is a tolerably good fish for the table, and is 

 abundant in the waters round the coast in all the colder months of 

 the year. 



Explanation of Figures. 



Plate 44. — Fig. 1, side view of moderate specimen, one-fifth of the natural size. Fig. la, 

 inside of mouth, showing 2 rows of small palatine teeth, the row of larger teeth on edge of 

 upper jaw not quite reaching the tip, and the small group of very large teeth in front. Fig. \b, 

 teeth of lower jaw, and tongue. 



(N.B. — Figs. \c and \d are scales of the corslet, natural size and magnified, of the Tunny.) 



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