G. M. Thomson. — Natural History of Otago Harbour. 231 



326. Trachipterus altivelis Kner. 



Taken in Otago Harbour. 



A specimen of an allied species labelled " Trachypterus iris " is in the 

 Otago Museum. It was caught near Port Chalmers. 



36. Coridodax pullus Forster. 



The butter-fish, kelp-fish, or kelp-salmon, as it is variously called, is verj 

 common in Otago Harbour. It is wrongly identified in my previous lisu 

 as Odax vittatus Solander. 



Numbers of these kelp-fish have been kept for many months in the 

 hatchery ponds and tanks, and they thrive very well in confinement. They 

 were fed chiefly on kelp of various species. The only other food found 

 in their stomach is Munida. The species is described and figured by Waite 

 {I.e., No. 3, p. 227, pi. 49). 



37. Pseudolabrus celidotus Forster. 



According to Waite {I.e., p. 224), this is the correct name of the spotty, 

 referred to in my former list as P. hotryoeosmus Richardson. This is a very 

 common fish in Otago Harbour, and is frequently shown in the aquarium- 

 tanks, as it is hardy and easily handled. It is a beautiful fish in the water, 

 the ground-colour often varying from yellowish to a bright green, but the 

 black blotch behind the pectoral fin is always a conspicuous mark, as are 

 the bright-yellow ventral and anal fins. 



38. Pseudolabrus cinctus Hutton. 



The girdled parrot-fish is described and figured by Waite {I.e., No. 3, 

 p. 226, fig. 47). 



All the parrot-fishes change colour very much when placed in altered 

 surroundings. This species is characterized by a dark band surrounding 

 the body, but when kept in a strongly lit aquarium-tank, this band some- 

 times becomes nearly white. 



38(/. Pseudolabrus coccineus Forster. 



The scarlet parrot-fish was originally described from Dunedin by Hutton 

 (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 12, p. 455) as Lahrichthys roseipunctata, and the 

 type — evidently a young specimen — is in the Otago Museum. It is re- 

 described and figured b}^ Waite {I.e., No. 3, p. 224, pi. 46). 



386. Pseudolabrus pittensis Waite. 



The banded parrot-fish is identified by Anderton as occurring not un- 

 commonly in Otago Harbour. The stomachs of those examined were found 

 to contain sea-horses, crabs, Munida, shrimps {Pontophilus), various mol- 

 luscs (cockles, lamp-shells, and razor-shells), and kelp. 



Flat Fishes. 



In the list previously given by me {I.e., p. 551) six species of flat fishes were 

 recorded as occurring in Otago Harbour ; but owing to the confusion 

 which existed as to the identification of tliese species it is manifest that the 

 list is of little value. This state of confusion has now been cleared up by 

 Mr. Edgar R. Waite in the paper, so often quoted, in " Records of tlie Canter- 



