PISCES 243 
K. laeve, but distinct. In large specimens the markings become 
ill-defined resulting in a general mottling, but in young specimens 
the ornamentation is very striking. The upper half of the body 
is warm brown, and there is a median white line in which the 
dorsal fin stands, and another on each side occupied by the 
lateral lines, the sides are ornamented with large white spots. 
An examination of the type specimen shows that the formula 
of the fin rays has been incorrectly rendered in the description, 
my count being as below. 
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GENIAGNUS Gill, 1861. 
GENIAGNUS MACULATUS Forster. 
Uranoscopus maculata Forster, in Bloch and Schneider, Syst. 
Ichth., 1801, p. 49. 
Anema monopterygium Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. i1., 1860, 
p. 230. 
Kathetostoma monopterygium Hutton, Cat. N.Z. Fish., 1872, 
p. 23. 
Synnema monopterygium Haast, T.N.Z.I. v., 1873, p. 274 
Genyagnus maculatus Gill, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sei. vi., 1893, 
anaes: 
Stations 1, 2, 13, 16, 23, 30, 31, 35, 39, 47. 
This species appears to be a southern form, having been 
trawled from Stewart Island, northward to Lyttelton. 
It may readily be mistaken for Kathetostoma, its general form, 
volour, and markings being very similar. The small eyes, incon- 
spicuous humeral spine and the absence of any spines in front 
of the ventral fins are sufficiently striking, the bony ornamenta- 
tion on the top of the head also is quite different; it is formed 
of compact masses, and there is a hinder median boss not 
represented in Kathetostoma, in which also the rugosities are 
much more open. The upper half of the body is brown with 
large white spots, which do not form lines as in Kathetostoma. 
GNATHAGNUS Gill, 1861. 
GNATHAGNUS INNOTABILIS Waite. 
Gnathagnus innotabilis Waite, Rec. Aust. Mus. v., 1904, p. 238, 
pb soxcvis, fe: 
Stations 89, 91, 92, 94, 95. 
All the specimens obtained were taken in the Bay of Plenty, 
where nine, practically continuous, hauls were made, and the 
