PISCES Zal 
SERIOLELLA PUNCTATA Forster. 
Plate LI. 
Gasterosteus punctatus Forster, in Bloch and Schneider, Syst. 
Kehth:, 1801, pe 36: 
Neptomenus bilineatus Hutton, T.N.Z.I. v., 1872, p. 261, pl. 
vill. 
Beye Divan 3: A. m245 V0, bP, Zils Col4 8s) lat. 
118; Li. tr. 22° + 28. 
In addition to the fin formule this species differs from S. 
brama in being more elongate and by having a smaller eye. 
There is also a broad band of pores on each side of and a short 
distance from the dorsal fin; these pores are situated in a low 
ridge, which becomes more pronounced in the hinder portion 
of the body, but is lost beneath the upper caudal rays. The 
colouration is very similar to that of S. brama, the dark purple 
blotch at the origin of the lateral line being likewise present. 
Eve bright yellow with a dark mark above and another below 
the pupil. The largest example I have seen measures 204 mm. 
in length. 
Placing the species under Seriolella Forster, with S. bilineata 
Hutton as a synonym MHutton?® writes:—‘‘I have no 
doubt but that this is the long lost fish of Forster. The mistake 
is due to the peculiar genus into which Forster put his fish, and 
from the absence in the colony of any copy of his drawing.”’ 
In the ‘‘Index,’’ Hutton?’ followmg Regan®® reverts to 
his own name (S. bilineata). 
Family CARANGIDA. 
The following will serve to distinguish the three New Zealand 
species usually associated with Caranx :— 
a. A detached finlet behind the dorsal 
and anal fins.. 3 .. Decapterus koheru. 
aa. Dorsal and anal fins without de- 
tached finlets. 
b. Lateral lLne with large scutes 
in its entire length .. Trachurus picturatus. 
bb. Lateral line with scutes in its 
posterior portion only .. Caranx platessa. 
(36) Hutton, T.N.Z.1. xxviii, 1896, p. 315. 
(87) id. ‘‘Index Faune Nove Zealandie ’’ 1904, p. 44. 
(838) Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) x. 1902, p. 128. 
