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margin ; with advancing age the interspaces between the pro- 

 jections are filled up with bone. That this genus belongs to 

 the Carangida3 I have already mentioned in ' Proc. Zool. Soc' 

 1869, June 10. 



PlatystetJius Huttonii. 

 D. 13 I 36. A. |. L. lat. 90. 



Bodj much compressed, its height being one third, the 

 length of the head one fourth of the total (without caudal). 

 Eye of moderate size, two ninths of the length of the head, 

 situated a little before the middle of the head, not far below 

 the upper profile. Prteorbital at least as wide as the eye. 

 Moatli oblique, with the lower jaw very prominent, very 

 narrow, the maxillary not extending to the front margin of 

 the eye. Dorsal spines feeble, of moderate length ; the soft 

 dorsal and anal low. Anal spines short, but stronger than 

 those of the dorsal fin. Pectoral broad, rounded, half the 

 length of the head. Ventrals small. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Silvery ; back above the lateral line greenish ; the spinous 

 dorsal black. 



Two specimens, 6| inches long, from Dunedin, New Zea- 

 land, were sent by Capt. Hutton. 



Centriscus scolopax (L.). 



This European species occurs also in Tasmania. One spe- 

 cimen sent by Morton AUport, Esq. 



Neopheynichthys, Gthr. (g. n. Psychrolutid.), 



Head broad and depressed ; skin naked. Canine teeth 

 none ; palate smooth. Gill-covers without spines. Two 

 dorsals, the first formed by nine flexible spines. Ventrals 

 close together, thoracic, rudimentary. Three gills and a half; 

 pseudobranchige. Gill-opening extending to the lower angle 

 of the pectoral. 



Neophrynichthys latus. 



D. 9 I 17. A. 14. P. 23. V. 2. 



The whole fish is enveloped in a loose, smooth skin. Head 

 very broad, the interorbital space being especially wide and 

 flat ; snout short, rounded, with the lower jaw projecting 

 beyond the upper. The cleft of the mouth reaches to below 

 the front margin of the eye, which is lateral and of moderate 

 size. Pectorals very large, extending somewhat beyond the 

 origin of the anal. Ventrals very short, externally simple. 



