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Records of the S.A. Museum 



Trigonorrhina fasciota Miill. & Heiilc, Mag. Xat. Hist. (2), ii, 1887, j). 90 and 

 Plagiost., 1838, p. 124, pi. xliii. 



Extremely common; a fi-ciiiicnter of shallow water, where it eniises around 

 the jetties in search of food which is harl)oured by llie piles. 



Family NARCOBATIDAE. 



NARCOBATUS Blainville, 1S16 (torpedo). 

 NARCOBATUS FAIRCHILDI Hutton (Southern Numbfish). 



Torpedo fairchildi Hutt., C^at. Pish. N.Z., 1872, p. 83, pi. xii, fig. 134: McCull., 



Rec. Anst. Mus., xii, 1!)!!), p. 171, pi. xxv. 

 Torpedo fusca Parker, T.N.Z. Inst., xvi, 1884, p. 283, j)!. xxii. 

 Narcacion fairchildi Waite, Rec. Cant. Mus., i, 1 !)()!), \). 144, pi. xvii. 



Fig. -40. N<irc<ib(i.iHs fdircliiltli. 



Freqnent-s deeper water than the foregoing, and its range extends to the 

 south of New Zealand. 



HYPNARCE Waite, 1902 (subnigra). 



HYPNARCE SUBNIGRA Dumeril (Numbfish). 



Ilyjrnos suhnigrum Dum., Rev. Mag. Zool. (2), iv, 1852, p. 279, pi. xii. 

 Hypvarce suhnigra Waite, Rec. Anst. Mus., iv, J902, p. 180. 



