FISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 7 



8. CHIRONBMUS GEORGIANUS. C. and V. 



C. (jeorg'umus, Glintli., II., 76. 



D. 14 I 1; A. I; C. 18; P. 13; Y.\. 



Total length four times that of the head, or two and a half times tlie 

 height of the body ; body covered with small scales, none on the cheeks ; 

 dorsal continuous, with a deep notch between the two poi-tions, the 

 spinous portion slightly, and the soft decidedly convex ; thii'd and 

 fourth spines the longest, base of the soft part twice as long as that of 

 the spinous ; length of the pectorals not quite half the height of the 

 body ; lower rays simple, very soft and fleshy ; ventrals behind the 

 pectorals, under the fifth spine of the dorsal ; caudal emarginate. 



Greyish white, marbled all over with brown ; back darker than the 

 belly. 



The specimen from which this description is taken was caught in a 

 net in Whangarei Harbor, in March, 1869 ; unfoi-tunately, it could not 

 be preserved. It was 14 inclies in total length. The fisherman told me 

 that he had never seen it before. 



Australia. 



Chilodactylus. 



Teeth in A-illiform bands, none on the vomer or palate ; doi-sal single, 

 with sixteen to nineteen spines ; anal shorter than the soft dorsal ; 

 caudal forked ; one of the swiple 2)ectoral rays more or less elongated ; 

 scales cycloid ; cheeks scaly. 



Tropical parts of the Pacific, Chinese seas. Cape of Good Hope. 



9. CHILODACTYLUS CARPONEMUS. Parkinson. 



G. carjyoneinus, Giinth., II., 78. 



B. 6; D. 2i ; A. Yg. 



Seven i-ays of the pectorals simple, the longest reaching nearly to the 

 end of the anal, and one-third of the total length ; dorsal scarcely 

 notched. 



Coloration unifomi, the caudal with blackish ti])s (Giinth.) 

 Coasts of New Zealand and South Australia (Giinth.) 

 I have seen no sj^ecimens. 



