278 BLEXNIIDJi. 



5. Tripterygium forsteri. 



Blennius tripinnis, (Forster) Bl. Schn. p. 174 ; Forst. Dcscript. Anim. 



cur. Lichtenst. p. 125. 

 Tripterygium forsteri, Cuv. ^- Val. xi. p. 415. 



B. 6. D. 3 I 16 I 15. A. 24. V. 2. 



A fringed tentacle above the orbit and at the nostril. Brown, 

 spotted with reddish ; a semicircular blackish-blue, golden-edged 

 spot at the base of the pectoral. (Forster.) 



New Zealand ? 



6. Tripterygium medium. 



D. 4 (5) I 15-16 I 12-13. A. 20-21. V. 2. 



Similar in form to T. niyripinne. Snout short, somewhat longer 

 than the eye, with the upper profile very oblique ; the iipper maxil- 

 lary extends a little beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of 

 the orbit. The front teeth are somewhat enlarged ; teeth on the 

 vomer and the palatine bones. The interorbital space is flat, its 

 width being less than that of the orbit ; orbital tentacles none. The 

 first dorsal is lower than the second, and the second lower than the 

 third. Scales rather small ; the lateral line does not extend on to 

 the tail. Specimens ia spirits brownish ; dorsal, caudal, and pectoral 

 fins dotted with brown. 



New Zealand. 

 a-g. Adult. New Zealand. From the Haslar Collection. 



Two other specimens scarcely differ from those described, but they 

 have twenty-three anal rays. Snout rather short, longer than the 

 eye, with the upper profile oblique ; the upper maxillary does not 

 extend to the vertical from the centre of the eye. The front teeth 

 are somewhat enlarged ; teeth on the vomer and the palatine bones. 

 The interorbital space is flat, its width being a little less than that 

 of the orbit ; orbital tentacle none, a small one at the nostril. The 

 first dorsal is continuoiis with, and lower than, the second, and the 

 second is lower than the third. Scales rather small ; the lateral line 

 ceases on the anterior portion of the tail. Brownish, marbled with 

 blackish ; the upper portions of the dorsal fins blackish ; caudal 

 variegated with blackish. 



New Zealand. 



h. Fine specimen. New Zealand. Presented by Captain Stokea. 

 i. Adult : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



7. Tripterygium fenestratum. 



Blennius fenestratus, (Forstei-) Bl. Schn. p. 173 ; Forst. Descript. 



Anim. air. Lichtenst. p. 124. 

 Tripterygiiun fenestratum, Ciw. Sf Val. xi. p. 416. 



B. 6. D. 4 I 10 I 13. A. 24. V. 2. 

 A simple truncated tentacle above the orbit ; another small one, 

 fringed, at the nostril. Brown: fins with transparent spots. (Forst.) 

 Mouths of the rivers in New Zealand. 



