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very elongate as in the adult. The lateral line is also more 

 arched, so that there are fewer scales between it and the first 

 dorsal (nine) than in ('. australis (fifteen). Finally, the scales 

 of the last-named are armed on their outer surface and edges 

 with minute spines, whereas in this species the edges are 

 smooth and the surface bears only crenulated ridges. 



The specimens described above differ from Arthur's descrip- 

 tion in lacking the small roughened scales between the dorsal 

 fin and the interorbital space and in having only 83 scales 

 along the lateral line instead of 114. Mr. Waite, however, 

 has kindly compared some that I have sent him w^ith other 

 New Zealand examples which he identifies as C. novce- 

 zelandic^, and has further forwarded me a half-grown example 

 for examination. This last is undoubtedly identical with my 

 specimens, the largest of which is 135 mm. long, and we are 

 agreed that they are really Arthur's species. 



The collection includes fifty-six examples from the following 

 localities : — 



Twenty-five miles south-west from Cape Everard, Victoria, 

 83-98 fathoms. 



Off the east coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait, 40-70 

 fathoms. 



Oyster and Storm Bays, Tasmania, 40-60 fathoms. 



CvTTiis AUSTRALIS, Ricliarchon. 

 Silver Dorey. 



Capros australis, Richardson, Trans. Zool. Soc, iii., 1849, 

 p. 72, and Zool. Ereb. and Terr., p. 137, pi. lix., figs. 

 1-5- 



\'ery young specimens of this species differ from the adults 

 in ha\ing a much shorter and deeper body and larger eyes. In 

 an example 75 mm. long the greatest height is li in the length 

 to the hypural, and the eye is 2f in the head. The largest 

 specimen obtained is 380 mm. long. 



It was taken at the following stations : — 



Between Port Stephens and Newcastle, New South Wales, 

 22-60 fathoms. 



Shoalhaven Bight, New South Wales, 15-45 fathoms. 



Thirty-six miles off Cape Everard, Victoria, 75 fathoms. 



Off the east coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait, 70 

 fathoms. 



Oyster Bay, Tasmania, 40-60 fathoms. 



Flinders Island, In\estigator Group, South .Australia, 37 

 fathoms. 



