744 
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/ /6 
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/ 
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scales 64 in lateral line to caudal base and 8 more on latter: 5 
iv' : > 5 ' f 
above, 10 below, -^0 Lpb©dorsal""forward half way in antero-prenasal region of 
, ' yWl 
r . * * r ' . 'Sr . ••• • •; * * * . 
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i«v 
snout; 4 rows on cheek below eye to preopercle ridge; caudal base finely 
* * 11 
scaly arid few small scales bn membranes of other fins*. Scales with 7 or 8 
f mt 
basal radiating s triae; 8f; to 97 apical denticles with 6 to 8 transverse 
<>*■ .» 
series of basal elements; circuli fine* 
- y.°, 
Dt XI-I, 17, third spine 2 / « in head, first ray 3^/^; A. Ill, 
^ Vteh ° — 
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18, I, first branched r^y$ »Js iaa|, : . | , i .ca adal lVo» deeply emarginate or forked; 
least depth of caudal pedum cle iVJL 7 /QJ ventral 2 /g. 
• *• • v. vvj-.fT'-v.V >'*U- 
Uniform brown, each row of scales, eififbially on back, with slightly 
* * •?-. 
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paler median narrow streak. Iris yellowish browif| : with slate black blotch 
• 403 $. 
;V* 
above and below. Membranes of most fins transparent, dusky dots sprinkled on 
4 or 5 clusters of dark dots. 
4 
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t t ^ y j ; ft ■ 
those of spinous dorsal end each dorsal ray w£&h 
.. ■ 
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hew South Wales and Tasmania* Th#; rale axial longitudinal band 
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embracing the lateral line on the caudp||>f‘eduncle hardly visible. This specie 
is quite distinct from Sillago macuj^tk , with which it was wrongly identified 
.i J8r • 
by Gunther and Day. Its deeply esgpfginate tail and more numerous cheek scales 
fe: 
will easily distinguish it* 
'r*~**<*»t*M±, ., v 
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t 'U; ' 
59939 U7S.N.M. Gff Lake Macquaritf&Mew South ’%les 
i / 240 mm. 
\U ■ 
Sillago robusta Stead known only from®; 
D. G. Stead. Length 
.» unique holotype about 
A . ...akfafe*,,, 
U ; 
lb-' -V 
•Sbh: 
footnote 
]4b hew wishes of hew South T 7aLes, (1908, p# 7, pi. 2/ South Tales^;. 
1/ A x - _ / * 
McCulloch, Zool. kes. endeavour, vol. 1, pt. l,;pbc. 22, 1911, p. 60 (ref- 
*y. 
erence in key); Fish. Hew South Wales, ed. 
•HNvh- ’ 
. ".ryVivV/.-: 
p. 51. 
;J 4 >SSi:. 
150 mmJ long is said to differ fr an Sillagoi5lS^sensis in having its ventrals 
* -- - iW ' 1 - - 
mm* 
inserted belov/ the origin of the first dopjml, whereas in Sillago bassensis 
‘ m mat -rm ■ —1~-ittt ~mi — ■ m -i 
the ventrals are inserted in advance of 
Ifirst dorsal. 
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