ON THE ICHTHYOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND. 19 



Sound, New Holland, and it is a common and highly prized fish at Hobart 

 Town. 



19. Cheii-odactylus macropterus. (Scicena and scicenoides abdominalis, 

 Solander, p. 11. and 27.; Parkinson, 2. t.40.; Scicena macroptera, G. Fors- 

 ter, 2. t. 206 ; J. R. Forster, MS. ii. 54. apud Schneider ; Cichla macrop- 

 tera, Bl. Schn. p. 342 ; Cheil. macropterus, Rich. Zool. Trans. 3. p. 101.) 

 In the ' Histoire des Poissons ' this species is confounded with the prece- 

 ding one, but it seems to be sufficiently distinct and to be characterized not 

 only by a more conspicuous black mark above the shoulder, but also by a 

 different number of rays, thus — 



D. 17 | 26; A. 3 | 14. macropt. Sol. and Schn. 

 17 | 31 ; 3 | 19. carponem. C.& V. and Rich. 



The tip of the tenth ray of the pectoral passes the beginning of the anal, be- 

 ing proportionally longer than that of carponemus. Specimens were pro- 

 cured on Cook's first and second voyages off Cape Kidnappers, in Queen Char- 

 lotte's Sound and in Dusky Bay. 



20. Latris? s almoue a. (Scicena salmonea, Parkinson, 2. t. 66 ; Latris? sal- 



monea, Rich. Zool. Trans. 3. p. 114.) 

 The ' Pisces Australia? ' contains no account of this fish, which was procured 

 in Totaeranue Cove, Queen Charlotte's Sound, and Parkinson's figure is not 

 complete enough to render the genus perfectly certain, though the general 

 aspect is that of Latris. 



21. Latris lineata. Yellow-tail. (Scicena lineata, G. Forster, 2. t. 204 ; 

 J. R. Forster, MS. ii. 52. apud Schneider; Cichla lineata, Bl. Schn. p. 342; 

 Latris lineata, Rich. Zool. Trans. 3. p. 108.) 



This inhabitant of the rocky narrows of Dusky Bay was discovered on 

 Cook's second voyage, and immediately named by the sailors " Yellow-tail." 

 It is very like the " Trumpeter" of Van Diemen'sLand (Latris hccateia), and 

 may possibly prove on examination to be the same, but the specimens of the 

 Trumpeter which have been transmitted to this country do not show any yellow 

 tints on the tail. 



22. Latris ciliaris (Rich. Zool. Trans. 3. p. 115). (Scicena ciliaris, G. Fors- 

 ter, 2. t.205. and 2. t. 209. ; J. R. Forster, MS. 2. 55. apud Bl. Schn. p. 31 1 ). 

 Two sketches of this fish were made on Cook's second voyage, one (205) 



in Dusky Bay, where it bears the native appellation of " moghee "; the other 

 (209) in Queen Charlotte's Sound. Two ciliated tubercles placed above the 

 eyes are peculiar to this species. 



The characters of the genus Latris are detailed in the third volume of the 

 Zoological Transactions, and a full description with an accurate figure is 

 there given of the Trumpeter ; Parkinson's and Forster's figures of the three 

 .New Zealand species have much of the general character of the genus, but 

 do not clearly show the simplicity of the lower pectoral rays*. 



The Sciasnoid fish known to frequent the coasts of New Holland are Ele- 

 ginusbursinus (C. and V.); Scolopsis longulus (Annals, ix. p. 389) ; Cheilo- 

 dactylus carponemus (Zool. Tr. 3.); Latris hecateia (Zool. Tr.); Nemadactijlus 

 concinnus (Zool. Tr.) ; Amphiprion melanostolus (Annals, ix. p. 390) ; Amph. 

 rubro-cinctus (Annals, ix. p. 391) ; Pristipoma sexlineatum (Q. and G.). 



* And it may be proper to mention, that there is in the Museuin of the College of Surgeons 

 a fish, procured on one of Cook's voyages and presented to the Museum by Sir Joseph 

 Banks, having a very close external resemblance to Latris, but with more dorsal spines 

 than any species here enumerated, and the lower pectoral rays branched like the uppermost. 



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