The "yellow leather-jacket" of the sealers.

Dorsal spine toothed.

D.33; A.32; P.
13.

Caudal rounded, its rays very strong.
Inhabits deep water in rocky places, and is very common.

It is esteemed for food by the Aborigines; is much infested by an Isopode named NETTONG, or TOORT, by the natives.