PISCES 255 
LEPIDOTRIGLA BRACHYOPTERA Hutton. 
GURNARD. 
Lepidotrigla brachyoptera Hutton, Cat. Fish. N.Z., 1872, p. 27, 
aoe NZ. v., 1873, ply xy., he Ai: 
Stations 21, 26, 30, 36, 39, 50, 67, 74, 75, 83, 84, 88, 89, 90. 
Beavis Dyin. 16; A. 160°V. 1.25; 2. te - 3.6. 12, =— 20. 
L. lat. 64. 
Length of head 2.7, height of body 4.0, and length of caudal 
4.1 in the total; diameter of eye 3.0, interorbital space 3.7, and 
length of snout 2.7 in that of the head. 
Snout emarginate, the lateral prominences rounded with about 
six denticles, interorbital space flat in the middle, but the supra- 
orbitals are much raised ; supraocular and postocular spines very 
small, a cross furrow behind the latter, the nuchal spine reaches 
to the base of the third and the humeral to that of the fifth 
dorsal spine; opercular spine short, the third dorsal spine is the 
longest and is half the length of the head. 
Fins.—The pectoral extends to the third, fourth, fifth or sixth 
anal ray, it is 1.1 in the head or 3.1 in the total: the upper 
chiropod does not nearly reach the tip of the ventral. 
Scales.—The scales are spinous, spines of dorsal scutes strong 
and sharp. 
Colours.—General colour red, the outer rays of the pectoral 
are colourless, the inner ones, including the membrane are black 
on the inner side, the colour showing through on to the outer 
side as bluish grey. 
Length.—163 mm. 
Taken from Otago to the Bay of Plenty at depths between 
20 and 105 fathoms, and freely trawled at the Chatham Islands 
also. 
PLECTOGNATHI. 
Family MONACANTHIDA. 
PSEUDOMONACANTHUS Bleeker, 1866. 
Two distinct species of the genus have been previously confused 
they may be identified by the following characters :— 
a. Gill opening under hinder half of eye, 
pectoral behind posterior margin of 
orbit, skin very rough when rubbed 
forwards 5 RS x scaber. 
aa. Gill opening under front half of eye, 
pectoral below middle of orbit, skin 
velvety .. =) Aes ie convexirostris. 
