136 ' RECORDS OF THE AUSTKALIAN MTSEUM. 



PSEUDOLAHRUS CELIDOTUS, Forster. 



Ptsendolahrus reliilnfus (Forster) McCullocli, Rec. Anstr. Mus., ix. 3, 1913, 

 p. 375. — Sj'iionymy aud references. 



Nine well preserved specimens, 175-255 nun. long, are separable into 

 the two forms celidotti!^ and hothryocosiiiK.-^ as figni-ed b}' Richardson^. 

 Four are referable to celidotut aiid five to bofJiri/ocoiimHK, bur. one of the 

 latter has the characteristic lateral blotch of celidotiix faintly indicated in 

 addition to its own colonr-mai'kings. Since all the specimens were taken 

 at the one locality, I follow Waite^ in regai'ding them as variations of the 

 one species. 



The two forms exhibit the following distinctive colour-marking. — 



A large dark blotch on and below the lateral line behind the pectoral 

 fin. Upper surface of the head usually spotted ; a dark 

 stripe passes from the middle of the preorbital to the eye, 

 Itehind which are two lines extending backwards. Soft 

 dorsal usually with oblique series of dark stripes and spots, 

 which may expand into larger irregular spots. Anal with 

 dark spots, .and an indefinite medium stripe celkiotus. 



Several scales between the lateral line aud the middle of the back 

 with iiTegular blackish spots. Upper surface of the heail 

 plain ; a sinuous stripe passes from the lower part of the 

 preorbital towards and under the eye. Soft dorsal usually 

 with a more or less distinct darker horizontal stripe ; a dark 

 median stripe along the anal hothryocosmns. 



Loc. — Poitobello, Port (Jhalmei's, New Zealand ; 7th-lotli December, 

 1918. In the seine and by hook and line. 



PsKrDOLAE^KUS .MILKS, lilorli ^- Sclnicider. 



Lahnts nnJ>'^, Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichtb., 1801, p. 264, and /.. 

 rnccliifiis, Forster, MS. 



Jidis? n(hi(jiiio.<ih<, Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist., xi., 18-i3, p. 425. 



L'lln-ichlJiijs ^),s•/7^((!v///^^•, Hutton, Cat. Fish. N.Zeal., 1872, p. 43, and Tr. 

 N.Z.'lnst., v., 1873, p. 265, pi, x., tig. 6!», and L^r. ('It., ix., 1877, p. 

 354. (Not of Ricbai-dson). 



L(diriidtt}iys roiieipiinctnl iif, Hutton, Tr. N.Z. Inst., xii., 1880, j). 455. 



Pseiiduhthntfi rorcinens, Waite, Rec. ('antb. Mus. i. 3, 1911, p. 224, pi. xlvi. 



Tliree specimens 220-290 mm. long, exhibit, the characters descrii)cd 

 and figured by Waite. Their pink colonratio?i is, howevei', mucb mcue 

 delicate tlian the somewhat unfiiiisbed illustration indicates. 



/>("•. — Sccuii'd bv line tisliingolT l,'ape Saunders, neai' Port Clialmei's, 

 New Zealand; 17lb Dec, 1918. 



** b'ichardson- Ichtli " Erel)U.s & Terror," i.. :], p. 53. pi. xxxi. 

 ■• Wnite — Kec. Cantb. Mus., i., 3, I'.Ml.]). L'L' i. 



