438 Dr. A. Giinther on two new Fishes fy-om Celebes. 



There is also in the museum a skull prepared from a speci- 

 men cast ashore in Porirua Harbour, in December 1870, which 

 appears to agree with DelpMnus novce-zealandue^ Gray. The 

 characters of the animal were not obtained ; but those of the 



skull are as follows : — 



inches. 



Total length 20-5 



Beak 11-5 



Greatest width 9-0 



Width at notch 4-5 



„ at orbits 8*0 



„ of intermaxillaries at blow-hole 3*4 



,, of intermaxillaries at middle of beak . . 1-3 



Height at occiput 6-5 



Width of foramen magnum 1"5 



„ of condyles 3*8 



Has a marked occipital crest and transverse ridge. Also 

 a smaller specimen with beak imperfect, the width at notch 

 being 3 "7. Teeth small, irregular in shape, pointed, ^ • ^• 



Another recent addition is an imperfect skull of much larger 

 dimensions than the foregoing, the width being 14 inches and 

 the height of the occiput 9 inches. At the same time the 

 bones of the cranial arch are thin, convex, and without pro- 

 minent crests. It was picked up on the beach outside the 

 harbour of Wellington. The beak with the teeth are wanting ; 

 so that the group to which the skull belongs cannot be stated, 

 but it is probablj allied to Beluga. 



Colonial Museum, Wellington, N.Z. 

 Feb. 19, 1872. 



XL VI. — Notice oftivo new Fishes from Celebes. 

 Bj Dr. Albeet Gijnthee. 



Symphoeus. 



Allied to Dentex, but with the prseoperculum finely serrated. 

 Form of the body oblong, compressed ; eye moderate ; cleft of 

 the mouth of moderate width, rather oblique, with the jaws 

 nearly equal. One continuous dorsal fin, with the numbers 

 t;^ ; anal \. Caudal fin emarginate. Canine teeth in both 



12+ir '9 ^ 



jaws. Prgeorbital entire, broad, the distance between the eye 

 and angle of the mouth being great ; preeoperculum finely 

 serrated, with more than three series of scales. Seven 

 branchiostegals. Scales of moderate size, ctenoid. Pseudo- 

 branchige well developed. 

 Celebes. 



