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Scales.—The seales on the head are fairly defined, but those on 
the sides of the snout and below the eye are more irregular 
with rough vertical spines; on the 
under side of the head the scales 
run together and form an_ even 
roughened area; the scales on the top 
of the head and on the temporal 
region though well defined have a 
scabrous appearance which marks 
them sharply from those of the body, 
the opercular scales are marked with 
smoother divergent striz; each scale 
of the body bears about twelve 
fig 1. shehtly radiating ridges formed of 
Scale of Coelorhynchus australis. imbricating spines and those of the 
ae lateral line are split down the middle. 
Colours—The general colour is a delicate grey, the body 
bears darker bands directed backwards, one in front of the first 
dorsal and another beneath the anterior rays of the second 
dorsal being best defined and persistent. A dark blue mark on 
the opercles is due to the presence of the black membrane 
beneath; the inner base of the pectoral is also black, the first 
dorsal and ventrals are grey, and a blue black line runs along 
the basal portions of the hinder half of the dorsal and anal fins, 
including the caudal. 
Length—416 mm, The largest specimen preserved measures 
530 mm. 
Hitherto this species has been considered as rare, but the 
trawling expeditions of 1900 and 1907 show that, on the con- 
trary, it is quite common. It was probably taken along the 
greater part of the eastern seaboard, but, as above mentioned, 
it was not recognised as distinct from the next species, the lst 
of stations being obtained from those preserved for future study. 
Another species of Coelorhynchus was recorded from New 
Zealand seas by Giinther under the name C. parellelus, but 
Jordan and Starks!! consider that this may be distinct from 
the Japanese species, and propose to identify it as C. kerma- 
decus. 
Ca@LORHYNCHUS ASPERCEPHALUS sp. nov. 
Plate, XOGUXe she 2: 
Stations (in part) 5, 22, 26, 35, 51, 58,859 Gs: 
D122; 962-4087; V.. 72P. 16s Tn late 136s ee ee) 
Length of head 5.2, height of body 6.8 in the length; diameter 
of eye 2.5, length of snout 3.5, and interorbital width 4.1 in the 
head. 
(11) Jordan and Starks, Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm. xxii. 1904, p. 619. 
