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78. MACRURUS AUSTRALIS. Rich. CM. 



M. australis, (iiintli., IV.. 391. 



D. 12 I 88 ; A. 87 ; V. 7 ; L. Lat. ca., 130 ; L. Trans., 4/15. 

 Length equal to four and a half tiraes that of the head, which is equal 

 to two and three-fourths that of the snout ; diameter of the eye rather 

 less than the length of the snout; an obtuse ridge from the snout to the 

 angle of the prseoperculum ; vent situated below the end of the first dorsal. 



Uniform pale brownish grey, rather paler below ; throat reddish ; 

 anal white in front, dusky with small black dots behind, as also are the 

 dorsals and pectorals ; ii'is silvery. 



Wellington Harbour, one specimen only, November, 1871 ; Australia. 



CORYPH^NOIDES. 



Scales moderate, spiny or smooth ; snout short, with the cleft of the 

 mouth latei'al ; teeth in the upper jaw in a narrow band, those of the 

 outer series larger than the other's ; jjalate smooth ; ventrals below 

 pectorals ; a barbel. 



From Scandinavia to Madeii'a ; Australia. 



79. CORYPH^NOIDBS NOV^ ZELANDI^. Hect. CM. 



Hoki 



C novcB zelandice, Hect., Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., 13G. 



D. 12 I 102; A. 92; V. 8. 



Length equal to five and a half times that of the head, which is equal 

 to three and one-foui-th times the length of the snout, which is about 

 equal to the diameter of the eye ; snout conical ; vent nearer the snout 

 than the tail by twice the diameter of the eye, situated under about 

 the fifteenth ray of the second dorsal ; scales spiny. 



Above purplish -with green reflexions, below white ; a jiale bro^vn 

 patch fi-om the eye to the pectoral fin. 



Thrown up in large quantites on the shores of Cook Straits after 

 heavy gales ; occasionally caught in Wellington Harbour. 



80. CORYPH^NOIDES DENTICULATUS. Rich. CM. 

 Macrorus denticulatus, Rich., p. 53, pi. 32. C. denticulatas, Giinth., IV., 396. 



D. 11 1 100; A. 90; V. 9; C. 6-0. 



Length five and three-fourths that of the head, which is four and three- 

 fourths that of the snout ; diameter of the eye one and three-fourths 



