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caudal is yellow, bordered posteriorly witb black ; tke anal white ; 
there are very faint longitudinal lines on the sides ; eye gilt. 
Very common aU the year round ; they rarely exceed 12 or 13 
inches. This is a sea sort, and Forsteri is said to inhabit the 
fresh waters of New Zealand. 
AGOrrOSTOMA lACTTSTBIS. 
{Lake Mullet^) 
Height five and a-half times in the total length ; head five 
times in the same ; orbit four and a-half times in the length of 
head. This latter is not so pointed as in Tasmanicus ; the teeth 
are deficient at the lower jaw, but very visible on the upper one, 
as also on the palatine and vomer. The prseopevculum has four 
lines of rather large scales. The body is elongate, covered with 
rather large scales, of which sixty-two are on the longitudinal 
line and sixteen on the transverse one ; they do not fall so easily 
as in most Mugilidce ; most of them have a very short longitudinal 
ridge, not extending over more than one-third of the visible por- 
tion of the scale, and forming fifteen longitudinal series ; they 
have radiated strice on their posterior part, and their edge is 
slightly ciliated. The first dorsal is formed of four spines, of 
which the two first are joined at the base, and the third is a little 
more apart; the second dorsal is composed of nine soft rays- 
The caudal has fourteen long rays and four short ones on 
each side ; it is rather strongly emarginated, the ends termi- 
nating in points ; the tail is covered with minute scales, which 
extend on the first part of the membranes, and even on the 
external rays. Anal with three spines and twelve rays— the first 
spine very short, the second one-half of the third ; the fin is 
strongly emarginated ; the spine of the ventrals is long and 
slender ; the pectorals have fourteen rays. 
Of a greyish green on the upper parts ; white on the lower ; 
each scale with an obscure margin ; a reddish spot on the back 
part of the head ; the upper part of the head and lips of a dark 
violet colour ; fins greyish ; caudal with a black posterior margin ; 
eye of a very bright orange yellow. 
Brought to the Melbourne Market from the G-ipps Land lakes. 
Scarce. 
