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Transactions. — Zoology. 



Eemarks. 



( a ) One species is common on the boulder beach, between high and low 

 water-marks. The other is only found below the ordinary low water-mark. 



( b ) This is the rarest of the four species. I have caught about half a 

 dozen. 



( c ) I have never caught this fish in deep water. Common in shallow. 



( d ) A black-tailed variety, which is quite common. Unlike the preceding 

 it is not common in very shallow water, but in from 7 fathoms and upwards 

 it can be got almost anywhere. 



( e ) Caught occasionally in certain places at the north-east end of island, 

 in from 1 to 7 fathoms. 



. ( f ) Occasionally caught in depths varying from a few feet up to 60 

 fathoms. It prefers crab to any other bait, and is not easily caught, unless 

 fished for with a rod and small line. Very good eating. 



(8) Occasionally seen during the summer months in a few feet of water 

 when the tide is coming in. It bites well when the hook is baited with 

 shellfish or crab; and should a fish drop off after being hooked ii does not 

 matter, for it will bite again and again till caught. Few tish are so per- 

 sistent in this respect. During the colder months it is occasionally caught 

 in from 8 to 15 fathoms. 



( h ) Far from common here, and it does not take the hook well, though 

 it may at times be enticed to bite on a bit of crab. The mature ova of 

 this fish are comparatively large, the grains measuring nearly ^ inch in 

 diameter. 



