210 FAUNA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



This fish is named " Maga" by the natives of Queen Charlotte's 

 Sound, where it was seen by the Forsters. Solander first saw it 

 in Murderer's Bay. 



28. Gempylus Solandri, C. and V. 8, p. 216. (Scom- 



ber macropthalmus, Solander, Pise. Austr., p. 40. 

 Banks, fig. pict 2, t. 91.) 

 Frequents the coasts of Eaheenomauwee. 



29. Histiophorus 



" Sword-fish" are mentioned in Polack's account of New Zea- 

 land. The species is not ascertained, but it is perhaps the indicus. 



30. Naucrates ? 



" Pilot-fish" are also mentioned by the same writer. 



31. Chorinemus forsteri. (Scomber maculatus, G. Fors- 



ter, fig. pict. 2, t. 228. J. R. Forster, MS. II. 120, 

 apud Bl. Schn., p. 26.) 



This fish is named " Milinjidne" by the natives of Port Essing- 

 ton on the north coast of New Holland. It is probably the same 

 species with the Chorinemus commersonianus of the " Histoire 

 des Poissons." 



32. Trachurus novce-zelandice, C. and V. 9, p. 26. 



An inhabitant of the seas of New Zealand and of Shark 

 Bay, New Holland. 



33. Trachurus 9 clupeoides. (Scomber clupeoides, So- 



lander, Pise. Austr., p. 31.) 

 Inhabits Dusky Bay. 



34. Caranx lutes cens. (Scomber lutescens, Solander, 



Pise. Austr., p. 38.) 

 Inhabits Queen Charlotte's Sound. 



35. Caranx sinus-obscuri . (Scomber trachurus, varietas, 



G. Forster, fig. pict. 2, t. 223. C. and V. 9, p. 20.) 

 Frequents Dusky Bay. 



36. Caranx platinoides. (Scomber platinoides, Solander, 



Pise. Austr., p. 13.) 

 Frequents Tolaga Bay. 



37. Seriola cultrata. (Sciaona cultrata, G. Forster, fig. 



