LARVAL ANJ) roST-LAltN' AL FJ.SHES— llEUAN. 



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St'ARIDAK. 

 Cnjptofcnius ti.yfiis. Cuv. .-iiiil \:\]. (I'l. \'11I. tii;-. i\). 



Dorsal IX. 10. Anal 1 1'. Vcitclirac i^T) (D-IO + 1 fi IC). Tlicsr lirrlo fislie.s. 

 9 mill, in total leuotL. evidently liclon^- to tlic ianiil\- Scaridac or to tiie ,sub-familv 

 .Inlidinae : the structure of the vertebral eokunn and of the \crtiral tins leaves no 

 doubt as to this. The number of fin-rays is sonicwlial less than in the Julidinae, 

 e.xcept ]>uriif(iii(ita-'< /i/i-i/n/cpis. \\\[\r\\ ditl'ci's li-nni tlieni in ils sinmi;' dorsal and anal 

 spines, long praeniaxillary [ledieels, etc. After comparison witli nunicrous species of 

 Scaridae I am of opinion that these yiuuig fishes belouL; to ( '/■///i/d/miH/s /(x//rv. or to 

 some species uearly related to it. 



Station 49. Tropical Atlantic. IS 51' 8., ;jy' 4()' W. Surface. .May (itli. 19 13. 



Odacidae. 



Ckhi.v lH,If,',(ft(s, Cuv. and Vid. (PI. Vlll. tig. 4). 



In ideutifyiug a post-larval lisli of (J mm. with this .species I i'el\- on tlie nund)er 

 of vertebrae, 36 (19 -I- 17) and of anal and cauthil rays: the anterior dmsal ia\s are 

 undeveloped, aud the pehic tins have uot yet appeared. 



Station 161. Melbourne Harbour. 12 metres. October. 19 10. 



LlMXK'HTHYIDAE. 



IJninirlitlijis fitsciafiis^ Waite. 



Several young ti.shes. 16 to I'O mm. long; some of tlie larger ones show the 

 characteristic markings of the adult fish. 



FlC. 4,— LiiiniirJiflii/.t fiixriatus ( X 0). 



This species was originally described from adult specinu'ns in full roe, 43 mm. 

 long. These were found in rock-pools at Lord Howe Island (Waite, liec. Austral. 

 Mus. V, 1904, p. 178, pi. XXIII, fig. 4). and afterwards similar examples were taken 

 from pools near Sydney (Waite. t.c [). •_'4:!)- As Lord Howe Island is 600 miles from 

 the coast of New South Wales, one uiiglit liave inferreil that the species was oceanic at 

 some period of its life. Tliis is pi'oved. and its known range extended by its cajiture at 

 or near tlie suiface to the noi4li of New Zealand, off the Three Kings Islands, and also 

 midway between tlie.se two localities. 



Station 120. 34- 26' S.. 172 14' K. Surface. Aug. iSth. 1911. 



130. Otf Three Kings Islands. Surface. Aug. 27th. I 9 II . 

 l:!3. Spirits 15av. nr. North ('a[)e. N.Z. 20 metres. Aug. ;10th. I 9 I I. 

 „ 135. .. ,, 3 metres. Sept. 1st. 1911. 



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