46 FISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 



broad ; maxillary reaching to about the middle of the eye ; a small 

 bony tubercle at the symphysis of the lower jaw ; diameter of the eye 

 equal to length of the snout ; vent rather nearer the siaout than the 

 end of the tail. 



Pale reddish silvery, lighter below ; interior of the mouth purplish 

 black. 



Total length about 10 inches. 



Thrown up on the coasts during heavy gales. 



Cook Straits ; Madeii*a. 



LOTELLA. 



Body of moderate length ; two dorsal fins and one anal ; ventral fins 

 with a flat base, and composed of several rays ; teeth in the upper jaw 

 in a band, with an oxiter series of larger ones ; palate smooth ; chin 

 with a barbel ; seven branchiostegals. 



Japan. 



74. LOTELLA RHACINUS. Forst. C.M. 



Hake. 



L. rhamius, Giinth., TV., 347. 



D. 5 1 68; A. 62; V. 6. 



Length four times that of the head ; upper jaw longer ; ventrals 

 pointed ; dorsal and anal when laid flat overlap the commencement of 

 the caudal ; distance of the end of the dorsal from the end of the tail 

 equal to one and a half times the depth of the body at the end of the 

 dorsid. 



Uniform blackish ? 



I have seen no fresh specimens. 



Cook Straits. 



75. LOTELLA BACCHUS. Forst. CM. 



Red Cod. 

 L. hacchus, Giinth., IV., 347. 



D. 10 I 41 ; A. 41 ; V. G. 

 Length four and a qu;\i-ter times that of the head, or four anil a half 

 times the height of the body; upper jaw rather longer ; ventrals pointed; 

 dorsal and anal when laid flat do not overlap the commencement of the 



