﻿the 
  Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Family 
  Macroriiamphosida. 
  21 
  

  

  1. 
  Centriscops 
  ainuosus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Depth 
  of 
  body 
  equal 
  to 
  leiiotli 
  o£ 
  head, 
  2^ 
  in 
  length 
  of 
  

   fish. 
  Diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  equal 
  to 
  interorbital 
  width, 
  less 
  than 
  

   postorbital 
  leiigtli 
  of 
  head 
  or 
  depth 
  o£ 
  cheek, 
  nearly 
  ^ 
  length 
  

   of 
  snout. 
  Interorbital 
  region 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  with 
  median 
  

   ridge. 
  Upper 
  profile 
  sinuous, 
  convex 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  eye 
  and 
  

   behind 
  head 
  ; 
  belly 
  convex. 
  Each 
  dor.so-lateral 
  series 
  with 
  

   4 
  large 
  plates. 
  Dorsal 
  VII, 
  15, 
  the 
  two 
  tins 
  subcontlnuous 
  

   second 
  spine 
  strong, 
  serrated, 
  nearly 
  ^ 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  distance 
  

   from 
  operculum 
  to 
  caudal, 
  inserted 
  above 
  vent 
  or 
  origin 
  of 
  

   anal. 
  Anal 
  17-18. 
  Pectoral 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  head 
  without 
  snout. 
  

   Caudal 
  truncate. 
  Brownisli 
  above, 
  golden 
  below. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens, 
  125 
  and 
  135 
  mm. 
  in 
  total 
  length, 
  from 
  

   New 
  Zealand, 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Captain 
  Hutton 
  ; 
  a 
  

   smaller 
  example 
  (55 
  mm.) 
  is 
  more 
  slender, 
  the 
  depth 
  being 
  ^- 
  

   o£ 
  the 
  length. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  near 
  C. 
  humerosus, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  some- 
  

   what 
  longer 
  snout 
  and 
  tlie 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  placed 
  higher 
  and 
  

   further 
  back. 
  In 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  C. 
  humerosus 
  the 
  distance 
  

   from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  bony 
  plate 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  series 
  to 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  ^ 
  of 
  that 
  from 
  head 
  

   to 
  caudal 
  fin, 
  but 
  in 
  C. 
  sinuosus 
  only 
  ^ 
  to 
  f 
  . 
  

  

  2. 
  Centriscops 
  humerosus, 
  Richards. 
  

  

  Centrtscus 
  humerosus, 
  Richards, 
  ' 
  Erebus 
  ' 
  and 
  ' 
  Terror 
  ' 
  Fish. 
  p. 
  56, 
  

   pi. 
  xxxiv. 
  figs. 
  5, 
  6 
  (1846) 
  ; 
  Gunth. 
  Cat. 
  Fish. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  522 
  (1861). 
  

  

  Southern 
  Australia, 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  only 
  the 
  type, 
  a 
  dried 
  specimen 
  

   about 
  130 
  mm. 
  long. 
  

  

  3. 
  Centriscops 
  ohliquus, 
  Waite. 
  

  

  Centriscops 
  htimerosns 
  obliquus, 
  Waite, 
  Rec. 
  Canterbury 
  Mas. 
  i. 
  1911, 
  

   p. 
  170, 
  pi. 
  xxvi. 
  

  

  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  4. 
  SCOLOPACICHTHYS, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Scolopacichthys 
  armatuSj 
  Sauvage. 
  

   Centrtscus 
  armatus, 
  Sauvage, 
  Arch. 
  Zool. 
  Exper. 
  viii. 
  1879, 
  p. 
  36. 
  

  

  Island 
  of 
  St. 
  Paul. 
  

  

  Evidently 
  generically 
  distinct 
  from 
  Macrorhamphosus. 
  

  

  