46. SIPHONOGNATHUS. 243 



the base of the pectoral to the lower part of the caudal. Sometimes 

 there are series of small violet spots along the back and side.s : old 

 individuals have the silvery band interrupted and composed of spots. 

 (Bich.) 



New Zealand. 



44. CORIDODAX. 



Head naked, a few scales behind the orbit ; scales of the body 

 small ; lateral Kne continuous. Snout of moderate extent. Dorsal 

 spines numerous, flexible. Pharyngeal apparatus ? 



New Zealand. 



1. Coridodax pullus. 



Sparus pullus, Forst. Descr. Anim. ed. Licht. p. 30<3. 



Scams pullus, Bl. Schn. p. 288. 



Odax pullus, Cuv. ^- Val. xiv. p. 304 (uot figure). 



D. g. A. f-^. L. lat. 90. L. transv. 10/25. 



Three series of small scales behind the orbit ; prseoperculum entire ; 

 caudal sublimulate (?). Uniform blackish-brown. 

 Queen Charlotte's Sound. 



a. Type of the species, fifteen inches long ; caudal fin destroyed ; 

 pharyngeals taken away. From Forster's Collection. 



45. OLISTHEROPS. 



Olisthops, Richards. Ann. SfMag. Nat. Hist. vii. 1851, p. 290, or Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 74. 



Head entirely naked ; scales of moderate size ; lateral line con- 

 tinuous. Snout of moderate extent. Dorsal spines numerous, flexible. 

 Pharyngeal apparatus ? 

 Australia. 



1. Olistherops cyanomelas. 

 Richards. I. c. p. 291, or Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 75. pi. 3. figs. 1 & 2. 

 D. j|. A. -i. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 7/14. 



The height of the body is contained five times and a half in the 

 total length. Blackish-green ; a bluish streak along the upper and 

 lower margins of the caudal and along the upper margin of the pec- 

 toral. {Rich.) 



King George's Sound. 



46. SIPHONOGNATHUS. 



Siphonognathus, Richards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857, p. 237 *. 

 Head and body very elongate ; snout long, as in Fistularia ; upper 



* Mr. Gill, after having first adopted the view of Richardson, and after having 

 referred this genus to the family of - Aulostoiiiatoids." now thinks (Proc. Acad. ^" at. 

 So. Philad. lC<G2, p. 233) that it is the type of a peculiar fauiilv, reinarkiiig at the 

 same time that " I had first perceived its affinities, but that I appear to be wrong 



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