42 PISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 



66. DASCYLLUS ARUANUS. L. 



D. aritanus, Giintli., IV., 12. 



D. 51 ; A. ^1 ; L. Lat., 26-27 ; L. Trans., 3/9. 



Three black ci-oss bauds, the fii-st descending obliquely from tbe origin 

 of the spinous doi-Siil through the orbit to the chin, leaving a gi-eyish 

 patch on the forehead ; the second slightly cvirved, from the sixth to 

 ninth dorsal spines to the ventral fins, which are black ; the third from 

 the soft doreal to the anal. Dorsal and anal fins black ; caudal whitish 

 (GUnth.) 



From the ea.steiii coasts of Africa to Polynesia and New Zealand 

 (Gunth.) 



I have seen no specimens. 



LABRID^. 



Body oblong, covered with cycloid sccdes ; one dorsal, with the 

 spinous portion as well developed as the soft ; ventrals thoi-acic, ■wT.th one 

 spine and five soft rays ; palate without teeth. 



Labbichthys. 



Body covered with large scales ; snout more or less pointed ; opercles 

 scaly; lateral line continuous; teeth in the jaws in a single series, xoiih 

 a 2}osterior canine tooth (absent in young s])ecimens) ; foimula of the 

 fins, D. ^j ; A. -^ . 



Pacific, East Indian Ai'chipelago. 



67. LABRICHTHYS CELIDOTA. Porst. CM, 



Sea Perch. 



Labrus celidotus, Rich., p. 53, pi. 31. Lahnchthys celidota, Gitnth., IV., 

 113. Labrus po3cilo2)leura, C smdY. 



D. f^-; A. ^■, L. Lat., 27; L. Trans., 3/9. 



Greenish gi-ey, many of the scales tipped with brown ; belly white, 

 marked with pink or orange ; a dusky band from behind the eye to the 

 shoulder, and a black spot on the lateral line below the commencement 

 of the soft doi-sal ; vertical fins more or less marked with orange ; iris 

 brown. Caudal rounded. 

 Common. Australia. 



