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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

SphyrÆnidæ

SphyrÆnidæ.

Body elongate, subcylindrical, covered with small cycloid scales; lateral line continuous. Cleft of the mouth wide, armed with strong teeth. Eye lateral, of moderate size. Seven branchiostegals; pseudobranchiæ; and air-bladder present. Two dorsal fins, remote from each other; anal similar to the second dorsal; ventrals abdominal, composed of one spine .and five rays.

Carnivorous fishes inhabiting the seas of the temperate and tropical regions. One genus only.

Sphyræna novæ-hollandiæ). Port Phillip, south coast.

——obtusata. Port Jackson.