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2 'ra i isnctions . — Zoolotjy . 



Eemarks. 



( a ) Common on stony or boulder bottom in sballow water. Bather dry 

 eating. 



( b ) I have only seen one example, but the Maoris inform me that plenty 

 used to be found a short distance south from our landing. 



( c ) Occasionally caught in a few feet of water during the summer. 



( d ) I have caught about a dozen examples in four years. The largest 

 measured 26 inches in total length. Like the preceding, it is occasionally 

 seen in shallow water during the summer. The Barrier Natives know it by 

 the name of porai. 



( e ) Bather scarce. Caught two examples in about 20 fathoms. 



( f ) Native name rari. Found in all depths from a few feet up to 60 

 fathoms. Flesh rather dry, but not badly flavoured. 



(*) Found here all the year, but scarcest from December to March. The 

 majority spawn during July and August. Most examples I have examined 

 were more or less infested by parasites, one kind of which infest the gills to 

 such an extent that half of them are frequently destroyed, leaving nothing 

 but stumps where they formerly were ; and the parasites are at times so 

 numerous that the gills, when examined inside the mouth, appear quite 

 alive. Another parasite (?) burrows through the flesh of the fish in all 

 directions, and is sufficiently large not to escape the eye if a slice is ex- 

 amined. To judge from appearance, neither of these parasites seems to 

 incommode the fish. 



('') I have only seen one example, which ran ashore. The tins did not 

 exactly agree with the description of T. prometheoides, hut were sufficiently 

 near to cause me to refer it to this species, the lateral line being bifurcate. 



(') Took a considerable number three years ago, in May, when I saw 

 large schools. The specimens were about the size of a herring. 



