FISHES— REGAN. 19 



eye is less than - t of the length of the head in a specimen of 200 mm., leaves no 

 doubt on this point. In examples of this species 1 count 40 to 42 dorsal and 38 

 tn 40 anal rays. 



Stromateidae. 

 2(>. Centrolophus maoricus, Ogilb. 



Depth of body 3| in the length; length of head ::[, to 3^. Snout from a little 

 shorter to a little longer than diameter of eye, which is :lj to 4.1 in the length of head 

 and less than interorbital width. Maxillary extending to below anterior j ; or .1 of eye. 

 14 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 4-'i ; origin above base of pectoral. 

 Anal 27. Pectoral jr length of head; pelvics a little shorter. Caudal emarginate. 

 Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. ISO scales in a. longitudinal series; 

 lateral line curved anteriorly, becoming straight above origin of anal. Purplish ; 

 longitudinal series of oblong pale spots more or less distinct on sides of body; two 

 broad dusky bands across the body, one in front of and one above the anal fin. 



Three Kings Islands, north of New Zealand : surface. 



Here described from two specimens. 150 and 280 mm. in length, which have the 

 body a little deeper and the head a little larger than in young examples of the Atlantic 

 C. niger, Cniel. : also the tin-rays are somewhat more numerous and the origin of the 

 dorsal fin is further forward ; it is probable that these specimens pertain to < '. rnaoricus, 

 Ogilby (Rec. Austral. Mus. II, 1893. p. G4). described from a larger fish. 



Since my revision of the genus Centrolophus (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, (7) x, 1902, 

 p. 194) Waite * has described a new species. C. huttoni, from New Zealand, well 

 distinguished by the large number of tin-rays. C. britannicus has been rediscovered,! 

 and I have examined the type of the Californian Tcichthys lockingtoni, .lord, and Gilb., 

 in the Smithsonian Institution : this is a Centrolophus, very similar to C. niger. 



27. ( 'ubiceps caeruleus, Regan. 



Cubiceps caeruleus, Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, (8) xm, 1914, p. 15. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3f to 3f in length of fish. Snout 

 as long as or a little shorter than diameter of eye, which is 3g to 3| in length of head 

 and a little less than interorbital width. Maxillary not quite reaching vertical from 

 anterior margin of eye ; praeorbital narrowed posteriorly, not completely concealing 

 maxillary. 14 or 15 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal xi, I 2:!. Anal 

 in 21. Pectoral as long as head, extending to origin of anal. Caudal forked. 

 Probablv not more than 50 scales in a longitudinal series. Bluish. 



Three Kings Islands. 



Two specimens, 100 and 110 mm. in length, from the stomach of a Seriolella, 



* Trans. N. Z. Inst, xi.n, 1910, p. 388. 



f Pellegrin, Bull. s<x\ zool., xxxvn, 1912, l». -<>. 



