54 FISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 



Back dark gi'eenisli blue ; sides with a silvery band ; pectorals 

 blackish. 



Wellington and Auckland, abundant ; Australia, China. 

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



Arrhamphus. 



Like Hemiramphus, but the lower jaw is not produced into a beak ; 

 scales rather large ; pectorals moderate. 

 Habitat — ? 



87. ARRHAMPHUS SCLEROLBPIS. Gunth. 



A. scleroleins, Giinth., YI., 277. 



D. 13 ; A. 15 ; L. Lat., 43. 



Body compressed, its greatest depth being contained six and a half 

 times in the total ; the length of the head is a little less than one-fourth 

 of the same ; dorsal and anal scaly at the base ; sides with a well 

 defined silvery band (Giinth.) 



Two examples of this fish, in the British Museum, are supposed to 

 come from New Zealand, but their locality is uncertain. 



I have seen no specimens. 



EXOCCETUS. 



Jaws short ; teeth minute ; body oblong, with rather large scales ; 

 pectorals very long, an organ of flying ; no finlets ; gill openings very 

 wide. 



Tropics and temperate zones. 



88. EXOCCETUS MICROPTERUS. C. and V.? 



Esox suhpdluceus, Soland. 1 E. micropterus, Griinth., VI., 279. 



D. 15; A. U-IG. 



Two short barbels at the symphysis of the lower jaw ; ventral fins short, 

 not extending to the anal ; pectorals short, only two-sevenths of the 

 length ; insertion of the ventral midway between the root of the caudal 

 and the axil of the pectoral (Giinth.) 



Indian and Australian seas. 



This, probably, is the bearded species of Flying Fish drawn by 

 Solander, but I have seen no specimens. 



