﻿the 
  Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Family 
  Macrorliampliosidse. 
  19 
  

  

  2. 
  Macrorhamphosus 
  elevatus, 
  Waite. 
  

  

  MacrorhamphosHS 
  scolopax, 
  var. 
  elevatus, 
  Waite, 
  Mem. 
  Austral. 
  Mil?. 
  

  

  iv. 
  1899, 
  p. 
  59, 
  pi. 
  vii, 
  tig. 
  1. 
  

   Macrorhampliosiis 
  gallinayo, 
  Ogilby, 
  Proc. 
  R. 
  Soc. 
  Queensland, 
  xxi. 
  

  

  1908, 
  p. 
  (3. 
  

   ? 
  Macrorhamphosus 
  lancifer, 
  Ogilby, 
  Proc. 
  R. 
  Soc. 
  Queensland, 
  xxiii. 
  

  

  1910, 
  p. 
  90. 
  

   ? 
  Macrorhamphosus 
  robustus, 
  Ogilby, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  91. 
  

   MacrorJiamphosus 
  scoloj)ax, 
  Waite, 
  Rec. 
  Canterbury 
  Mus. 
  i. 
  1911, 
  

  

  p. 
  171. 
  

   Macrorhaviphosus 
  elevatus, 
  McCuUoch, 
  'Endeavour' 
  Fishes, 
  p. 
  23, 
  

  

  tig. 
  8 
  (1911). 
  

  

  Australia 
  and 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  from 
  Tasmania, 
  

   not 
  quite 
  so 
  deep 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  

   example 
  figured 
  by 
  Waite, 
  but 
  evidently 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  

  

  Ogilby 
  has 
  described 
  three 
  species 
  from 
  Queensland, 
  but 
  

   these 
  are 
  distinguislied 
  from 
  each 
  otlier 
  and 
  from 
  21. 
  elevatus 
  

   by 
  differences 
  in 
  tlie 
  deptli 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  spine, 
  which 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  outside 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  varia- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  3. 
  Macrorhaviphosus 
  sagifue, 
  Jord. 
  & 
  Starks. 
  

  

  rl 
  

   J 
  

  

  Japan. 
  

  

  Macrorhamphosus 
  sar/ifue, 
  .lord. 
  & 
  Starks, 
  Proc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  xxvi. 
  

   1902, 
  p. 
  69, 
  fig. 
  2.' 
  ' 
  

  

  4. 
  Macroi'hamphosus 
  gracilis, 
  Lowe. 
  

  

  Centriscus 
  gracilis, 
  Lowe, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  1839, 
  p. 
  8G 
  ; 
  Giintb. 
  Cat. 
  

   Fisb. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  521 
  (part.). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  several 
  examples 
  from 
  Madeira 
  ; 
  a 
  

   very 
  small 
  specimen 
  taken 
  between 
  Montevideo 
  and 
  Magellan 
  

   may 
  also 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  variable. 
  The 
  

   ventral 
  scutes 
  are 
  much 
  less 
  distinctly 
  keeled 
  tlian 
  in 
  

   M. 
  scolopax 
  and 
  the 
  snout 
  is 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  that 
  species, 
  

   only 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  fish. 
  

  

  5. 
  Macrorhamphosus 
  japonicus, 
  Gllnth. 
  

  

  Centriscus 
  japo7iicus, 
  Giinth. 
  Cat. 
  Fisli. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  522 
  (1861). 
  

   ? 
  Macroi-hamphosus 
  gracilis, 
  Waite, 
  Mem. 
  Austral. 
  Mus. 
  iv. 
  1899.pl. 
  vii. 
  

   fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  two 
  examples, 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  Japan. 
  These 
  measure 
  110 
  and 
  125 
  mm. 
  in 
  

   total 
  length 
  and 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  specifically 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  

   New 
  South 
  Wales 
  specimen 
  figured 
  by 
  Waite. 
  

  

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