APPENDIX. 
423 
SPARIDiE. 
No. 1. — Pagrus guttulatus . C. etV. 6, p. 160. — Na- 
tive name Kojetuch. 44 Common Snapper” of the sealers, 
44 Rays, D. 12-9 ; A. 3-8; P. 1-5.” 
The Snapper grows to a large size, attaining from thirty 
to forty pounds weight, and is very voracious. It devours 
crabs and shell fish, crushing them with its strong teeth. 
It is common on all the rocky inlets of the coast of New 
Holland, extending down the eastern shores to Sidney. 
Chastodo n tid^: 
No. 41. — Chcetodon sexfasciatus. Richardson Ann. of 
Nat. Hist. — Native name Knelock. 
Inhabits rocky places. Not common. 
No. 40. — CJuEtodon. — Native name Mitchehuller or 
Metyebullar. Teeth very minute. 
Inhabits rocky places. Speared by Warrawar, on the 
27th of May, 1 841. 
No. 27.2 . — Chcetodon, — Native name Wamel or Wcimle. 
44 Rays, D. 10-20; A. 3-17.” 
No. 6. — Platax? — Native names, Teutuek or Karloch , 
from the shape of the fins, also Mudeur . “ Striped 
sweep” of the sealers, and Pomfret of the settlers. D. 10 ; 
A. 2. Teeth small. Very common on rocky shores. Is 
a gross feeder ; but good to eat. Caught by a hook on the 
12th of March, 1841. 
No. 8 — Pimelepterus? Melanichthys? — Native names, 
Kgnmmul or Karraway . The striped zebra fish of the 
settlers. 44 Rays, D. 14-12; A. 3 11; V. 1-5.” Mouth, 
small ; tail rather concave. 
Inhabits rocky shores, is a gross feeder, bad eating, and 
is not common. Caught by the hook on the 6th of April 
1841. 
No. 10. — Pimelepterus ? Melanichthys ? Schlegel. — 
