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form and tlie numerous verte1>rai' (aLoiit 100). The ]M'lvi<' iiiis arc rcprcscnti'il liv a, 

 pair of .serrated spines. 



Station I."!,5. Sj)irits Ba}', near North L'ape, New ZeaJaml. :! metre.s. Septemher 

 Lst, 1911. 



GOBIIDAK. 



Gobiosiimii molcstuni. Girard. 



A po,st-larval fish of 5 mm. has the form of the adult. Tlic uunihcr of liu-rays^ 



dor.sal vii. Ki : anal 11 — j^oint tn tliis species. 



Station .■)!). Six miles otl' the mouth of liio de Janeiro Harbour. l^ metres. 



April -llth. I'Jlo. 



Clinidae. 



'rriiitfi'i/ijlnin niriam, Forst. (PI. IX. figs. I. '2). 



Nunu'r(aTs larval and po.st-]arval examples, G to 14 mm. in lutal length. One of 

 () mm. is figured (PL IX, fig. l) : only the caudal fin has traces of the permanent rays. 

 At i) or 10 mm. the caudal is fully formed and terminal and the anal and third dorsal 

 have their full complement of rays, but there is no trace of the first and second dorsals 

 nor of the pelvics in these, nor in the larger examples of 13 or 14 mm. (PI. IX, fig. 2). 

 Tlic al>sence of these fins made it difficult to determine these fishes. Imt after ])reparing 

 the skeleton of one of the larger specimens I was led to place them in tlie Clinidae, the 

 form of the skull and the arrangement of the elements at the base of the pectoral fin 

 being e.specially characteristic. Tlie number of vertebrae, about 45, and of fin-rays, 

 12-13 dorsal, 25-27 anal, 14 principal caudal and not less than 14 or 15 pectoral, lead 

 to the determinaticni of the species as Trlpterygium varium. 



Spirits Bay, near North Cape, New Zealand. 



Station 133. 20 metres. August .-'.Oth. 1911. 



,, 135. 3 metres. September Lst, 1911. 



13(;. Surface. September 2nd. 191 1 . 



SCLEROPAREI. 



SCORPAENIDAE. 



Scorji(i('iia. sp. (PI. X. fig. (>). 



Fin-rays.- I )or.sal xi. 1 9 : .\nal in 5 : Pectoral IS. Vertebrae 24 (10 -h 14). 



The specimen is 10 mm. long : the liead is armed with serrated .spines, two prae- 

 orbital. four praeopercular. uuc at the angle longest: the interorbital ridges are 

 continued back To a pair (if strong occipital .spines : tlie inti-aorbitnl ridges are serrated. 

 The lower part of the pectoi-al fin is pigmented. 



Station 5:;. Tropical Atlantic 5^ S.. 27^ 15' W. Surface. May I2lh. 19]::. 



P(')ifar('(/e laai'inornta. V\\\. and \ al. (PI. X. fig. 5). 



Larxac C lo 7 mm. long nia\- be rei'erred to this species, with which tliey agree iu 



