24 FISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 



on tlie throat dii-ected forward ; liumeral spine long and slender, directed 

 upward and backward. 



Above pale reddish purple, with yellowish spots ; below and fins pale 

 yellowish (in spirits). 



A single specimen from Wellington Harbor, pi-esented by H. 

 Travers, Esq. 



Australian seas. 



36. KATHBTOSTOMA FLUVIATILIS. sp. nov. CM. 



D. 16; A. 14; V. 1/5. 



Length three and a quarter times that of the head, which is four and a 

 half times the diameter of the eye ; interorbital space not quite one and 

 a half times the diameter of the eye ; mouth very obliqxie, almost vertical ; 

 eyes sublateral ; rough bony plates on the top of the head ; interorbital 

 sjiace excavated ; operculum and prjeoperculum entu-e ; a small obtuse 

 humeral spine ; maxillary produced to the posterior margin of the eye ; 

 no filament in lower jaw ; scales none ; lateral line from the shoulder 

 straight along the base of the dorsal to the caudal, where it turns sud- 

 denly down and entei'S at the centre of the fin. 



Back light bro"svn, with darker spots ; sides and belly sdvery, with 

 a few minute black dots ; cheeks sUveiy. 



Total length of the specimen 1-7 inches. 



Fresh water, Manawatu Eiver, presented by Mr. Buller. 



BOVICHTHYS. 



Body without scales ; cleft of the mouth horizontal, with the upper 

 jaw rather longer ; eyes lateral, more or less dii-ected upwards ; two 

 separate dorsals ; ventrals jugidar ; lower pectoral rays simple ; villiform 

 teeth on the jaws, vomer, and palate, without canines ; operculum with 

 a strong spine ; prseorbital and pi'seoperculum not armed ; seven bran- 

 chiostegals. 



South Pacific, Antarctic Ocean. 



37. BOVICHTHYS VARIEGATUS. Rich. ? CM. 



B. variec/atus, Rich., p. 56, pi. 34. Glinth., II., 250. 



D. 91 19; A. 19. 



Length not quite three times that of the head, which is three and three 

 quarters the diameter of the eye ; interorbital space less than half the 



