Scales 90? (pockets) in median lateral or axial seriesj 14? 
above lateral line to dorsal origin, 104 predorsal of “which 76 forward 
opposite upper hind preopercle edge. Scales all fallen, 
D. II, 8—5, first branched ray 6-l/8 in total head length; 
A, II, 10-~6, first branched ray 7; caudal 2|r; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 11-5/8; pectoral 4-§-; ventral 5-l/3. 
Back brown, sides paler, evidently silvery in life though 
now stained darker. Iris grayish. Fins brownish. 
South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, New 
Zealand. 
U. S. N. M., no. 59928. Port Jackson. D. G. Stead. Length 
335 mm. 
Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum) 
Esox saurus WALBAUM, Artedi Pise., vol. 3, p. 73, 1792 (type 
locality: Cornwall, England; on Saury pike PENNANT, British 
Zool., vol. 3, p. 325, 17 
). —SCHNEIDER, Syst. Ichth. 
Bloch, p. 394, 1801 (Cornwall; Mediterranean). 
Socmbresox saurus BLEEKER, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indi8, vol. 21, 
_ _ . _ _ 
p. 56, 1860 (Cape of Good Hope). — GtfNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. 
Mus., vol. 6, p. 257, 1866 (Cape of Good Hope). — GILCHRIST, 
Marine Investig. South Africa, p. 152, 1901 (name). — LFMPE, 
Deutsch. Sfldpolar Exped., Fische, vol. 15, p. 205, 1914 (be¬ 
tween Cape of Good Hope and Kerguelen). — BARNARD, Ann. South 
Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 1, p. 259, fig. 16 (heads), June 1925 
(St. Helena Bay, Table Bay and Cape Point to Mossel Bay). 
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