Volume 1
Natural history of Victoria : prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals / by Frederick McCoy.
- Frederick McCoy
- Date:
- [1885-90]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Natural history of Victoria : prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals / by Frederick McCoy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![I give below the detailed measurements of several specimens to show the differences between the large and small in various pro- portions :— — No. 1. Moderately large Male. Plate 85. No. 2. Moderately large Female. No. 3. No. 4. Clouded, figured specimen. Plate 86. No. 5. Small specimen. No. 6. Very large specimen, 70 lbs. weight. ft. ns.lines. ft.i ns.lines. ft.i ns.lines. ! ft.ins.lines. ft.ins.lines. ft.ins.lines. Length from snout to distal end of middle of caudal ... 3 4 6 3 0 0 2 4 0 i 7 6 1 0 3 4 7 9 „ of caudal to middle ... 0 4 10 0 4 10 0 3 6 0 2 5 0 1 9 0 5 9 „ of snout to anterior edge of orbit 0 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 9 0 1 4 0 0 9 0 4 3 Distance between orbits 0 2 6 0 2 2 j 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 7 0 4 0 Length of orbit 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8J 0 0 6 0 1 6 ,, of head from snout to end of operculum 0 11 4 0 9 9 0 7 7 0 5 6 0 3 0 1 3 9 „ from snout to anal (measured along ventral edge) 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 4 6 0 11 6 0 6 9 3 0 9 „ from front of anal to end of middle of caudal ... 1 4 0 1 2 6 1 0 6 0 9 3 0 5 6 1 11 6 „ from snout to base of pectoral 1 0 7 0 11 3 0 7 9 0 5 4 0 3 4 1 5 6 „ „ to origin of dorsal 1 6 0 1 1 6 0 9 7 0 6 9 0 4 3 1 9 0 „ „ to first branched ray of dorsal 2 1 0 1 9 6 1 3 6 0 10 11 0 6 9 2 9 0 „ „ to origin of ventral fin 0 9 9 0 9 6 0 7 9 0 5 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 Height of 1st ray of dorsal... 0 0 9 0 0 9 — 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 1 3 „ 2nd „ 0 1 4 0 1 4 0. 0 ] 10 0 0 li 0 0 8 0 1 7 „ 5th spine of dorsal 0 1 9 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 1 5 0 1 0 — Greatest height of soft rays of dorsal 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 4 9 Length of pectoral 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 5 2 „ longest ray of ventral 0 3 : L0 0 3 : L0 0 3 6 0 2 3 0 1 5 0 5 6 „ 2nd „ „ 0 3 9 0 3 6 0 10 0 1 9 0 1 2 0 4 9 Depth of anal 0 3 6 0 3 6 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 4 9 Length of anal 0 4 6 0 3: 10 0 3 : L0 0 3 0 0 1 9 0 6 8 Depth of body in front of dorsal 0 11 6 0 9 6 0 7 3 0 4 3 0 2 9 1 1 0 Thickness of body in front of dorsal... 0 8 0 0 '6 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 i : 10 0 9 0 No. No. No. No. No. No. Scales in 1 inch at middle of body ... 6 7 64 10 15 4 „ along lateral line 122 117 115 127 109 186 „ above lateral line under front of dorsal 30 32 27 30 28 28 „ below lateral line under front of dorsal 51 38 45 30 53 70 Very abundant in the Murray and all the rivers flowing into it, but not found naturally in any of the rivers of Victoria flowing south. The Acclimatisation Society many years ago introduced it for the first time into the Yarra, where it is now established, but does not thrive, although its voracity has sensibly diminished the numbers of several of the native fishes of that river,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24757469_0001_0537.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
