276 "ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



1. Peltorhamphus novw-zeelandm. 



[Sole.] 



Peltorhamphus novce-zeelwndice, Giintlier, Cat. Fish., IV, 

 p. 461 (1862) ; Hutton, Cat. Fish. N. Zealand, p. 52; 

 Hector, i.e. p. 117, pi. IX (1872) ; Waite, Rec. Canter- 

 bury Mus., I, 1911, p^213, pi. XLII. 

 Depth of body 2 to 1\ in the length, length of head 

 3^ to 4^. Rostral hook extending downwards well 

 beyond level of posterior end of maxillary of ocular side. 

 Lower eye level with upper, diameter of which is equal 

 to or greater than interorbital width and 5 to 8 in length 

 of head; interorbital space flat, scaly. Outer series of 

 teeth in both jaws a little enlarged. Lower pharyn- 

 geals nearly 5 times as long as broad, in contact for 

 anterior \ of their length ; teeth of inner series enlarged. 

 8 to 15 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales 

 of blind side nearly all cycloid in adults, ctenoid on both 

 sides of body in young; 75 to 85 in a longitudinal series 

 just above lateral line, 25 to 34 between lateral line and 

 highest point of dorsal profile. Lateral line opening by 

 a series of large pores on blind side of head. Dorsal 94- 

 104; longest rays 2| to 2f in length of head; membran- 

 ous folds on blind side of rays moderately developed. 

 Anal 60-70. Right pectoral with 10 or 11 rays (5 to 7 

 branched), scaly, length of second upper ray \ to f depth 

 of body; left pectoral smaller, naked, none of the rays 

 produced. Anterior ray of right pelvic inserted below 

 front part of jaws of blind side, and immediately behind 

 tip of rostral hook ; first ray of left pelvic behind last ray 

 of right. Caudal with 2-3/10-12/2-3 rays; rounded. 

 Caudal peduncle very short, depth 2f to 2 in length of 

 head. Length of intestinal tract more than \\ times that 

 of fish ; a large coil followed by a series of irregular coils 

 and loops. Young examples with the ocular side 

 brownish, often marbled with darker brown and dotted 

 with black; two black blotches frequently present on 

 lateral line; some of the dorsal and anal rays blackish; 

 these markings tend to disappear in the adults which are 

 more or less uniformly dark or light brownish ; blind side 

 whitish. 



Hob. NCAV Zealand; Norfolk Island; Chatham 

 Islands. 



Described from nineteen specimens, 65-445 mm. in 

 total length, including the types of the species. A skeleton 

 has 36 (9 + 27) vertebrae. 



