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.