FISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 37 



58. AGONOSTOMA FORSTERI. Bl. CM. 



Sea Mullet. 



Mugil forsteri, Rich., p. 77, pi. 44. Dajaus diemensis, Rich., p. 37, 

 pi. 26. Jenyns, p. 82. A. forsteri et dieme')isis, Cat. Col. Mus. 

 A. forsteri, GUnth., III., 465. 



D. 4|i; A. I; L. Lat., 55. 

 Length four and two-thii-d times that of the head, or five and a half 

 times the height of the body ; interorhital space flat, one-tliu-d the 

 length of the head ; snout produced, one and a half times the diameter 

 of the eye ; prajorbital serrated ; dorsal half way between the snout and 

 the tail ; teeth on the jaws, vomer, and palate. 



Back shining blue and gi'een, below silvery white ; fins yellowish 

 brown, finely dotted with black ; caudal blackish at the tip ; iiis yellow. 



A skeleton is in the Museum, prepared by Dr. Knox. 



Australia. 



This fish never attains to so large a size as the last ; it sj^awns in 

 Novembei". It is commonly called the Herring by fishermen, biit it is 

 better to reserve that name for a true Herring which is found on the 

 coasts, and will probably be brought into the market as soon as deep sea 

 trawling is introduced. 



TRICHONOTID^. 



Body elongate, subcylindrical, scales moderate, cycloid ; eyes clu*ected 

 upwards ; teeth in villiform bands ; one long dorsal fin with articulated 

 not branched rays, and without a distinct spinous portion ; anal long ; 

 ventrals jugular, with one spine and five rays ; gill openings very wide ; 

 seven branchiostegals ; carnivorous. 



Hemeroccetes. 



Head depi*essed, pointed ; tail slightly compressed ; mouth ^\dde, 

 upper jaw longer ; teeth on the vomer, none on the palate ; nostrils 

 produced into tubes. 



New Zealand only. 



59. HEMEROCGETSS ACANTHORHYNCHUS. Forst. CM. 

 //. acanthorhijnchus, Rich., p. 123, ph 54. Ciinth., III., 485. 



D. 39-41; A. 36-37; L. Lat., 47. 



Length three and three-fourths that of the head, or eight and threc- 

 foui'ths the height of the body ; space between the eyes very narrow, 



