394 Dr. A. Giinther on new Species of Fishes. 



to tlie Scorpgenidge or Pecliculati ; but there is no bony stay 

 for the prasopercuhnn, which is not armed, and the fore limb is 

 not pediculated. Its nearest allies are evidently the Cirrhitidge, 

 although in this family it stands isolated on account of its 

 divided dorsal, small eye, slender lower pectoral rays, and 

 almost scaleless body. Placed at the end of that family, it 

 forms a passage to the Scorpgenidge. 



A7%ema monojiterygium. 



After having reexamined a number of examples of this fish, 

 I cannot agree with Capt. Hutton that two species are con- 

 founded under this name. The filament within the mouth of 

 these fish appears often to be accidentally lost, and is probably 

 reproduced. 



Leptoscopus. 



I regard L. Huttonii (Haast, Trans. N. Z. Inst. v. p. 275) 

 as identical with L. macropygus^ and L. Rohsonii (Hector, 

 1875) as the young of Z. angusticeps (Hutton, 1873). I am 

 indebted to Dr. Hector for a specimen of this L. Rohsonii, 

 which was obtained in Cook's Strait. 



Percis AUporti. 

 D. 5 I 21. A. 16. L. lat. 62. L. transv. 31/15. 



The height of the body is one fifth, the length of the head 

 one fourth of the total length (without caudal). Snout longer 

 than the eye, which is one fourth of the length of the head. 

 Spinous dorsal continuous with the soft, the spines being sub- 

 equal in length ; sometimes, probably in the male, the first 

 spine is longest. Caudal tin subtruncated. Greenish or 

 yellowish olive (in spirits), with seven black crossbars on the 

 back ; an indistinct blackish blotch on the root of the upper 

 caudal rays. Upper half of the caudal variegated with yel- 

 lowish and brown in the female ; in the male the entire fin 

 is nearly uniform blackish. 



Two specimens, 11 inches long, from Tasmania ; presented 

 by Morton Allport, Esq. 



Seriolella. 



Additional examples of various ages of the species of Nepto- 

 menus (Gthr.), from New Zealand and Tasmania, have con- 

 vinced me of the identity of this genus with Seriolella 

 (Guichen.). In young age the prasoperculum is distinctly 

 denticulated, radiating bony spicules projecting beyond its 



