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Centropristes (Arripis) salar Richardson, Ichth. Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 29, 

 1844-1848 (1845) (Bay of Islands, New Zealand; Port Arthur; Queen Charlotte 

 Sound and Norfolk Island). 



Arripis salar Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 254, 1859 (Raoul Island, 

 Norfolk Island, Australia, Port Arthur). — Hector, Colonial Mus. Geol. 

 Surv. Dept. (Fishes of New Zealand), p. 2, 1872; Notes edible fishes New 

 Zealand, p. 105, pi. 1, fig. 2, 1872. — Gunther, Introd. study fishes, p. 395, 

 fig. 165, 1880. — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 351, 

 1881 (east and south coasts of Australia). — Woods, Fish. Fisher. New South 

 Wales, p. 35, pi. 5, 1883.— Sherrin, Handb. New Zealand Fish., p. 50, 1886.— 

 Oqilby, Edible fishes New South Wales, p. 20, pi. 9, 1893.— Waite, Prelim. 

 Rep. Thetis Exp., p. 42, 1898 (Lord Howe Island). 



Arrhipis salar Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. GodefiFroy, No. 6, p. 12, 1877 (Sydney). (Error.) 



Sciaena mulloides sapidissimus (Solander) Richardson, Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 London, vol. 3, p. 79, 1842 (on drawing by Parkinson). 



Centropristes tasmanicus Hombron and Jacquinot, Voy. Pole Sud, Zool., vol. 3, 

 Poiss., p. 40, pi. 4, fig. 1, 1853 (type locality: Tasmania). 



Depth 3% to 3%; head VA to 3%, width 2 to 2)^. Snout 3K in head 

 from snout tip; eye SK to 5K, 1?^ to 1% in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital ; 

 maxillary reaches % to % in eye, expansion IK to 1% in eye, length 

 2){ to 2)^ in head from snout tip; teeth in villiform bands in jaws, on 

 vomer and palatines; interorbital 3 to 3}^, broad, nearly level; pre- 

 opercle edge feebly denticulate. Gill rakers 14 + 21, lanceolate, 

 little greater than gill filaments or equal eye. 



Scales 52 or 53 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 or 7 more on 

 latter; 7 or 8 above, 10 to 12 below, 24 or 25 predorsal forward nearly 

 opposite eye; 4 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. Scales with 1 to 5 

 short basal radiating striae; 20 to 30 obsolete, irregular apical points, 

 often vestigial; circuli moderately fine. 



D. IX, 16, I, fourth spine 2 in total head length, first ray 2% to 3; 

 A. Ill, 10, I, third spine 4)^ to 4%, first ray 3; caudal 1, deeply forked, 

 lobes narrowly triangular; least depth of caudal peduncle 3}2 to 3%; 

 pectoral 1^ to 2; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Back dull olivaceous, sides and below pale or whitish. Iris whitish. 

 Fins pale brownish, lower ones whitish. 



New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Western and South Aus- 

 tralia, New Zealand, Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kaoul Islands. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 12629. Tasmania. Brit. Mus. Length, 250-251 mm. 2 examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 39676. New Zealand. Otago University. Length, 220 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 42027. Port Jackson, New South Wales. Length, 248 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 49337-39. Melbourne, Victoria. Mrs. Agnes F. Kenyon, Length, 



285-316 mm. 



Family ENOPLOSIDAE 



Body deep, strongly compressed. Head small. Eye anterior, 

 rather large. Mouth small, oblique, lower jaw well protruded. 

 Preorbital with lower edge denticulate. Pseudobranchiae present. 

 Branchiostegals 7. Pyloric appendages 15. Air bladder large. 

 Vertebrae 27, of which 17 caudal. Lateral line complete, strongly 

 arched. Scales cycloid. Bases of vertical fins scaly. Dorsals, anals, 



