RHOMBOSOLEIN.E 



433 



3 to 3f in head. lo to 14 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch ; lower pharyngeals 

 about 3 times as long as broad, triangular, their inner edges approximated for the 

 entire length ; teeth arranged in a series along each edge, with a few teeth between 

 these rows, those of posterior edge small and pointed, remainder larger, with blunt 

 and sometimes flattened tips. Scales cycloid on both sides of body ; 75 to 86 in 

 lateral line. Blind side of head nearly entirely scaled. Lateral line with a very low 

 curve above the pectoral fin. Dorsal 60-69 ; anterior rays split distally and partly 

 free, remainder mostly forked at their tips ; highest rays 2 to 2i in length of head. 

 Anal 41-47. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 or 12 rays (9 or 10 branched), length 

 1 5 to twice in that of head. Anterior ray of pelvic of ocular side inserted below or a 

 little behind level of lower eye. Caudal with 18 rays (12 branched), rounded ; caudal 

 peduncle ij to i| times as deep as long. Brownish or greyish, with or without 

 irregular darker markings ; dorsal, anal and caudal fins often speckled with dark 

 brown ; distal part of pectoral darker ; blind side whitish. 



Fig. 316. — Rkombosolea lepo 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg. No. 48.3.18.195. 

 Distribution. — Australia (?) ; New Zealand. 

 Specimens Examined : 



2 (220, 235 mm.). 

 I (340 mm.). 



3 (215-330 mm.). 

 I (315 mm.). 



I (235 ,, )• 



Types.* 



Australia (?).2 

 Auckland. 



Wellington Harbour. 

 Wellington. 

 Dunedin. 



Richardson. 

 Nicholson. 

 Colonial Mus. 

 Dominion Mus. 

 Otago Mus. 



Archey (1924, N.Z. J. Sci. Tech., vi, 

 example of this species. 



Attains to a length of about 18 inches. 



p. 342) has described an ambicolorate 



* The smaller specimen is selected as the holotype. 



" It is doubtful whether this species occurs in .Australia, and the locality of the type-specimens 

 ; probably incorrect. 



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