206 FAUNA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



Order AMPHIBIA. 



Polack, i. 318, mentions " toads and frogs as not uncommon, 

 especially near the mountain districts, but he believes they do not 

 differ from the species in Europe," 



As the species of these animals are very local in their distribu- 

 tion, I have no doubt, when they come to be examined, or spe- 

 cimens of them are sent to Europe for comparison, that they will 

 prove new to science, and different from any hitherto described. 

 " They have never been seen by me." Dieffenbach. 



IV. LIST of FISH hitherto detected on the Coasts of NEW 

 ZEALAND, by JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D., Inspector of 

 Hospitals at Haslar; with the description, by J. E. GRAY, 

 Esq., and Dr. RICHARDSON, of the New Species brought 

 home by Dr. Dieffenbach. 



Fam. PERCOIDE.E. 



1. Serranus lepidopterus. Butterfly Barber-fish. Rich- 



ardson, Annals of Natural History, for March, 1842. 

 (Perca lepidoptera, J. R. Forster, MS. II. 58, apud 

 Bl. Schn., p. 302.) 



2. Polyprion cernuum. Wreck-fish, Cherney, or Jew- 



fish. C. and V. 3, p. 24, t. 42. (Scisena gadoides, 

 Solaiider MS. Pisces Australise, p. 38. Banks, fig. 

 pict. 2, t. 74. Palo-tera, G. Forster, fig. pict. Bibl. 

 Banks, 2, t. 218. Perca prognathus, J. R. Forster, 

 MS. IV. 19, apud Bl. Schn., p. 301.) 



3. Centropristes trutta. The Kahavai. C. and V. 2, p. 



54. (Scisena trutta, G. Forster, fig. pict. 2, t. 210. 

 Perca trutta, J. R. Forster, apud Bl. Schn., p. 542.) 

 Inhabits Queen Charlotte's Sound. 



4. Centropristes mulloides. (Scisena mulloides, Banks, 



fig. pict. 2, t. 68. Scisena mulloides ft. (sapidis- 

 sima), G. Forster, fig. pict. 2, t. 211.) 

 Inhabits Hetrawaii and Queen Charlotte's Sound. 



5. Centropristes sapidissimus. (Mulloides sapidissimus, 



