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common, and is good eating. Caught by the seine, 12th 
April, 1841. 
No. 57. — Mugil. — Native name, Merrong , or Mirrong. 
“ The flat-nosed mullet” of the settlers. 
This is the finest fish of New Holland that I am ac- 
quainted with. In Wilson’s Inlet, about forty miles west 
of King George’s Sound, it abounds in the winter months ; 
and the different tribes, from all parts of the coast, assemble 
there, by invitation of the proprietors of the ground, (the 
Murry min,) who make great feasts on the occasion. The 
fish attains a weight of three and a-half pounds, and a fat 
one yields about three quarters of a pound of oil, which the 
natives use for greasing their heads and persons. This fish 
runs up the rivers during the floods, and so becomes very 
fat. In summer it retires to the ocean. Caught in Sep- 
tember, 1841. 
Labrtd^e. 
No. 47. — Labrus laticlavius. Richardson, Zool. Trans. 
3. p. 139. — Native name, Runup, or Par ill, (Green-fish.) 
Is a rare inhabitant of rocky shores. Caught by hook, 
17th August, 1841. Poor eating. 
No. 20. — Labrus? — Native name, Knelmick, Kielmick , 
or Kielnmick. 61 Rock-cod” of the sealers. “ Rays, D. 22 ; 
A. 14.” 
Tail square. Very common on rocky coasts. Soft, in- 
different eating. Caught by the hook, 3rd May, 1841. 
No. 9. — Labrus? — Native name, Paril. f£ Common 
rock-fish of the sealers. “ Rays, D. 9-11 ; A. 2-11, &c.” 
Mouth furnished with small sharp teeth. Caught by 
hook, 12th March, 1841. 
No. 37. — Labrus? — Native name, Paril , Kuhoul , or 
Bomburn. “ Black rock-fish’* of the sealers. “ Rays, D. 
9-11 ; A. 3-10,’* &c. 
