PISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 



SCORPIS. 



One dorsal, with nine or ten spines ; jaws witli an outer seri es of 

 stronger teeth ; teeth on the vomer and palatine bones ; seven branchios- 

 tegals. 



Australian seas, Coast of Chili. 



4. SCORPIS HECTORI. sp. nov. CM. 



D. 2^ ; A. I i V. I ; S. Lat., 60 ; L. trans., 3/22. 



Length aboiit three and three-qiiartei's the length of the head, or three 

 times the height of the body ; length of the head rather more than three 

 and a half times the diameter of the eye ; lower jaw longer ; operculum, 

 with two flat spines ; pr?eoperculum sen-ated, feebly on the posterior 

 margin, acutely on the lower ; teeth in the jaws in villiform bands, with 

 a few stronger ones outside ; head scaly ; dorsal rather low, rounded, 

 and covered with scales, the spinous part for half its height, and the soft 

 part nearly to the margin ; anal shorter than the soft doi'sal, not very 

 scaly ; pectorals rather longer than the head, but not equal to the height 

 of the body, scaly outside ; caudal emarginate, the basal half covered 

 with scales ; scales sharply toothed ; lateral line continuous, following 

 the cuiwe of the back. 



Colors, (preserved in carbolic acid), reddish, brighter on the dorsal, 

 caudal, and pectorals, and paler below ; a large black spot on the side 

 over the commencement of the anal. 



Obtained by Dr. Hector, in Milford Sound. 



The small number of rays in the anal, the spinous portion of the 

 dorsal being covered with scales, and the small number of stronger teeth 

 in the jaws, appear to take this species out of Scorpis, but I do not know 

 a better place for it. 



MULLID^. 



Body elongate, slightly compressed, covered with large scales ; tioo 

 long barbels binder the chin ; eyes lateral ; /our branchiostegals ; dentition 

 feeble ; ttvo dorsals, remote from each other ; anal similar to second 

 dorsal ; ventrals with one spine and five rays. 



XJPENEOIDES. 



Teeth in both the jaws, on the vomer and palatine bones. 

 Red Sea, East Indian and Australian seas. 



