32 FISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 



49. TRYPTHRYGIUM FENBSTRATUM. Forst. 



T. fenestratuvi, Giinth., III., 278. 



B. 6; D. 4. 1 10 1 13 J A. 24, Y. 2. 



A SIMPLE truncated tentacle above the orbit ; another small one, fringed, 

 at the nostril. 



Brown, fins with transj^arent spots (Forst.) 



New Zealand, mouths of the rivers. 



I have seen no specimens. 



50. TRYPTBRYGIUM MEDIUM. Gunth. CM. 



T. medium, Giinth., III., 278. 



D. 4 I 15-16 1 12 -13; A. 20-23; V. 2. 



Orbital tentacle none, a small one at the nostril ; length four times that 

 of the head, which is three and a half times the diameter of the eye ; 

 length of snout equal to the diameter of the eye ; interorbital sjiace 

 more tlian half the diameter of the eye ; lateral line sloping obliquely 

 downwards from the shoulder to the middle of the depth of the body, 

 ceasing under the end of the second dorsal. 



Back and sides olivaceous brown, marbled with darker; belly white; 

 throat yellow ; dorsals and caudal yellow, spotted with black on the rays; 

 pectorals white, the lower rays olivaceous brown, the upper ones spotted 

 with the same color. 



Wellington Harbour. 



51. TRYPTBRYGIUM COMPRBSSUM. sp. nov. CM. 

 B. 6 ; D. 4 1 10 1 10 ; A. 20 ; V. 2 ; L. Lat., 38 ; L. Trans., 4/7. 



Length equal to three and four-fifths that of the head, which is equal to 

 the height of the body, or thi-ee and three-fourths the diameter 

 of the eye ; body oval, compressed, covered with rather large scales ; 

 lateral line nearly straight, ceases below the end of the second dorsal ; 

 snout rounded, less than the diameter of the eye ; pectorals equal in 

 length to the caudal, which is equal to the length of the head. 



Reddish orange, darker on the vertex ; fins yellowish, more or less 

 marked with black. 



"Wellington Harboui". 



One specimen only, presented by W. T. L. Travcrs, Esq. 



