Sandager. — List of Fishes found at Mokohinou. 131 



( a ) Caught occasionally all the year round. It prefers a rough bottom 

 where plenty of lurking-places are found. There appear to me to be two 

 varieties, one of which averages from 10 to 12 inches and confines itself to 

 shallow water (from four feet up to 6 or 7 fathoms). The other variety is 

 sometimes 2 feet in length, and must be fished for in from 15 to 20 

 fathoms. 



I find that specimens of Pseudophycis are very variable in respect of the 

 number of rays found in their dorsal and anal fins, and scarcely any two 

 I have examined counted alike. 



( b ) This fish is not always seen here in December, but during the last 

 four years I have observed large shoals in May and June, and secured many 

 live specimens, as they were driven ashore by large fish. The fish seen in 

 December are smaller than those which visit us in May and June, the 

 largest measuring about 15 inches. Ova of this fish are very large (nearly 

 ^gin. in diameter) and transparent when shed. This is one of the best eating 

 fishes that is got here. Bones sometimes green. Could at times be netted 

 in great numbers. 



( c ) Rarely seen here. A few occasionally visit the island in March. 



( d ) Large numbers visit the Hauraki Gulf in March, but do not come 

 very near this island, although abundant between it and the Little Barrier. 



( e ) A most troublesome fish when crab is used for bait. 



( f ) I have only observed one specimen. 



(e) Abundant on sandy bottom three-fourths of a mile south from Moko- 

 hinou. 



