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ENGEAUHS ANTABCTICUS. 
{White Bait.) 
The height of body seven and one-quarter times in the total 
length ; head four and one-quarter in the same ; eye three and 
one-fifth in length of head ; the muzzle considerably longer than 
the mandibula, and embracing it ; the upper jaw presents a line 
of very minute and equal teeth, and the lower one has a similar 
lino of still smaller ones. The dorsal is inserted at equal’distance 
from the snout and the base of the caudal, it is as high as the 
body; of fifteen rays, the first much shorter than the others, but 
the second and fifth rather longer than the following ; caudal 
strongly bifurcated; the lateral rays being about one-third longer 
than the height of the body ; it is formed with twenty long rays, 
and five or six shorter ones on each side ; anal rather lower than 
the dorsal, having twelve rays ef which the first is short. Trom the 
posterior end of the anal the distance to the lateral root of the 
caudal is contained three times in the distance from its begin- 
ning to the end of the mandibula, and twice from the superior 
root of the caudal to the anterior one of the dorsal ; the ventrals 
are rather smaller than the pectorals, and are formed of only one 
simple ray, and five branched ones ; they are placed a little in 
advance of the dorsal ; the pectorals are formed of fifteen rays. 
The colour of the upper parts is of a light greyish green, with 
purple tinges ; the head is brown ; the lower parts are very 
silvery ; there is a narrow, yellow, longitudinal streak from the 
upper part of the operculum to the base of the caudal, and below 
this extends a broad longitudinal, silvery, and very brilliant band, 
having sometimes a blue tinge ; the operculum and throat are very 
iridescent ; the fins are diaphanous ; the caudal is yellow at its 
base, and obscure towards the extremity ; eye silvery. After 
having been in the liquor the fish appears very silvery, with the 
upper parts of a dark blue. 
Very common on the Melbourne Market during the whole 
year. 
Dr. G-unther states that the common European anchovy 
Enqraulis Encrasicholus is found in Australia ; but this is only 
said to satisfy his usual tendency to unite, under the same 
species, fishes from all parts of the globe, and as he himself 
