PISCES 205 
The only specimen of this species which I have seen was kindly 
sent to me by Mr. Anderton, who says that it occurs in Otago 
Harbour and other inlets in the vicinity down to about 15 
fathoms. Hutton does not mention whence his specimen was 
obtained, Giinther records examples from Australia, Tasmania 
and the Auckland Islands. 
RHOMBOSOLEA MILLARI sp. Nov. 
YELLOW BELLY. 
Plate XXXVII. 
Rhombosolea leporina Hutton, T.N.Z.I. v., 1873, p. 268. pl. xi. 
(not Giinther). 
Rhombosolea flesoides Hutton, ib. viii., 1876, p. 215. (not 
Giinther). 
Buyig O60; A. 40; V..6; P12. C1476 4. hh Vat 84. 
L. tr. 36 + 53; Vert. 12 + 20 — 32. 
Length of head 3.1, height of body 1.8 in the length. Lower 
eye one-third in advance of the upper, orbital diameter 5.4 in 
the head, interorbital space smooth, equal to the depth of the 
eye: snout longer than the eye, anterior nostril of both sides 
with a skinny process behind, posterior nostrils with raised 
margins. The upper anterior profile is slightly bowed, the lower 
is straight. 
Teeth.—The teeth are rather large, in several rows on the 
blind side only. 
Fins.—-The dorsal commences almost at the tip of the snout, 
the first ray is largely free and divided to its base, most of 
the rays are bifid, the posterior sixteen or so being simple. The 
32-36 rays are equal and longest, being 2.5 in the head; the 
distance of the insertion of the last ray from the base of the 
outer caudal ray is 2.5 in the depth of the peduncle: ventral and 
anal continuous, the division corresponding to the absence of 
two rays, the vent occupying the position of the second one: 
the longest rays of the anal are slightly more than those of the 
dorsal, and occur at the 11-14th: the right pectoral is one-sixth 
longer than the left, being 2.0 in the head, the relative position 
of the two fins is the same: the caudal is 3.8 in the length, the 
margin is slightly rounded and the depth of the peduncle is 
one-half the length of the fin. 
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