1 1 



terra nova" expedition. 

 ( archariidae. 



2. Gal ux austmlis, Marie; 



iv 



SQl AIII'AK. 



3. Squalux meyalopx, Waite. 



Stomiatidae. 



4. hliacanthns uiyer, Regan (PL \, fig. 2). 



Idiacanthus n'ujer, Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xm, 191 I, p. I I. 



Depth of body 22 in the length, length of head I3i. Snout longer than diameter 

 of eye, which is 8| in length of head; interorbital width 5. Barbel twice as long 

 as head. Dorsal 59 : origin above posterior part of pelvic tins. Anal 38; origin a 

 little nearer to base of caudal than to that of pelvics, which is equidistant from 

 head and origin of anal. Photophores in ventral scries about 37 from isthmus to 

 pelvics, 2 I from pelvics to anal. Blackish. 



A siitclc specimen, 400 nun. in total length, from the stomach of a " Groper." 



Brauer (Valdivia Tiefsee Fische, p. GO) has given a synopsis of the four species of 

 this genus hitherto described, in all of which the origin of the dorsal fin is above or in 

 advance of the base of the pelvics. /. niger is nearest to I. ferox, Giinth., which has 

 a shorter barbel, the dorsal origin above the base of the pelvics, and a longer anal fin 

 commencing at a point nearer to the insertion of the pelvics than to the caudal tin. 



The following measurements, in millimetres, are taken from the types of /. niyer 

 and /. ferox : — 



bower jaw ....... 



Barbel . . 



Length to base of caudal ..... 

 .. origin of dorsal .... 



.. base of pelvics ..... 

 from base of pelvics to origin of anal 

 origin of anal to base of caudal 



GoNORHYNCHIDAE. 



5. Gonorliynehux yonur/u/nchus, Linn. 



A small example from a rock-pool at Whangaroa. 



6. Mm <!• net niibila, Richards 



MURAENIDAE. 



1 [emirhamphidae. 



7. Hemirliamphus intermedium, Cant. 

 Lyttelton Harbour. 



