80 FISHES OF NEW ZEALAND. 



nearly opposite to the end of the dorsal ; anal a little longer than the 

 dorsal, the length of its base being nearly equal to its distance fi-om the 

 caudal. 



Brownish, marbled with darker (Giinth.) 



Tasmania. 



I refer to this species a fish caught by Dr. Hector in Dusky Bay, a 

 sketch of which is in the Colonial Museum. 



CESTRACIONTID^. 



Characters of the single genus. 



Cestracion. 



Two doi'sals with spines, the first opposite to the space between the 

 pectorals and ventrals, the second in advance of the anal ; nostrils and 

 buccal cavity confluent ; mouth rather narrow, the upper lip divided 

 into seven lobes, the lower with a fold ; spii-acles small, below the 

 posterior part of the eye ; gill openings rather narrow ; dentition similar 

 in both jaws, viz., small obtuse teeth in front, which, in young 

 individuals, are pointed, and jjrovided with from three to five cusps ; 

 lateral teeth large, pad-like, twice as broad as long, arranged in oblique 

 series, one series being formed by much lai'ger teeth than those in the 

 other series. 



Pacific and East Indian Archipelago. 



129. CESTRACION PHILIPPI. Lacep. 

 Port Jackson Shark. 

 C. Philijyin, Giinth., VIII., 415. 

 Anal fin terminating at a considerable distance from the root of the 

 caudal ; origin of the first dorsal immediately behind the root of the 

 pectorals ; supraorbital ridges low, gradually disappearing on the side of 



the occiput. 



Body with more or less distinct dark cross bands, the firet of which 

 crosses the interorbital space and orbit (Giinth.) 



New Zealand (British Museum), Australia, Indian Archipelago, Japan. 



I have seen no specimens. 



SPINACID^. 



Two doi-sal fins, sometimes with spines ; no anal ; mouth but slightly 

 arched ; a long deep straight oblique groove on each side of the mouth ; 

 spiracles present ; gill openings narrow ; pectoral fins not notched at 

 their origin. 



