8 FISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 



10. CHILODACTYLUS MACROPTERUS. Forst. CM. 



Tarakihi. 

 (J. inacropterus, GUnth., II., 78. 



D. 2(5 5 •^- 14 J '^- Lat., 55 ; L. trans., 6/17. 

 Length about three and a half times that of the head ; six simple pec- 

 toral rays, the vippermost reaching to the foui-th soft ray of the anal ; 

 dorsal notched, seventh spine the longest, rather more than half the 

 length of the head ; second anal spine strong, and longer than the thiixl. 



Silvery grey, paler below, sometimes reddish purple on the back ; a 

 black patch over the base of the pectorals ; fins dusky ; ii-is purplish. 



Austiulian seas. 



Skeleton, prepared by Dr. Knox. 



11. CHILODACTYLUS SPECTABILIS. sp. nov. CM. 



D. ^g ; ^- 9 j S. Lat., 55 ; L. trans., 5/16. 



Total length about four and a quarter times the length of the head, and 

 rather more than three times the height of the body ; six simple pectoral 

 rays, the upper one the longest, not so long as the head, and not extend- 

 ing to the end of the ventrals, the othei's gi'aduated ; dorsal deeply 

 notched, fourth, fiftli, and sixth spines about equal and longest, rather 

 more than one-third of the length of the head. 



Back and sides yello'wish orange, with six transverse bands of red- 

 dish orange ; belly yello^vish white ; dorsal blackish. 



A single specimen, 15 inches in total length, which was taken in 

 Cook Sti'aits, is in the Museum. 



Latris. 



Dorsal fin deeply notched, with seventeen spines ; anal fin nearly as 

 long as the soft part of the dorsal ; teeth villiform in both jaws , prse- 

 operculvim minutely ciliated ; scales small j cheeks scaly. 



Coasts of Australia. 



12. LATRIS HECATBIA. Rich. CM. 



Trumpeter. 

 L. lineata, Rich. L. salrnonea, Cat. Col. Mus. L. hecateia, GUnth., II., %Q. 



B. 6 ; D. 17 I 3^ ; A. | ; S. Lat, 110. 



Length equal to three and three-fifths that of the head, or thi'ee and a 

 quai'ter times the heiglit of the body ; upper profile of head concave ; 



