2*2*2 FAUNA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



bacchus, G. Forster, '2, t. 180. J. R. Forster, MS. 

 II. 34, apud Bl. Schn., p. 53.) 



Inhabits Murderer's Bay. It is probably the " had- 

 dock" of the settlers : its native name in Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound is " Ehogoa." 



70. Lota rhacina. (Gadus rhacinus, G. Forster,, fig. 



pict. 2, 1. 179. J. R. Forster, MS. IV. 16, apud Bl. 

 Schn., p. 56.) 



Bears the name of " Ahdoroo " among the natives of 

 Queen Charlotte's Sound. 



71. Brosmius venustus. (Blennius venustus, Parkinson, 



fig. pict. 2, t. 5.) 



An inhabitant of Totaeranue, or Shipcove in Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound. It is most probably the " hake " 

 of the settlers. 



Polack mentions " cod-fish," bearing the native name of " Wa- 

 puka," but we do not know the fish he alludes to The " polach '' 

 he speaks of are, perhaps, the young of the Percis colias, the adult 

 of which are known to the settlers as the " cole-fish." 



Fam, PLATESSOIDE^E. 



72. Platessa? (Rhombus?} scapha. (Pleuronectes sca- 



pha, G. Forster, fig. pict. 2, t. 193. J. R. Forster, 

 MS. II. 46, apud Bl. Schn., p. 163.) 

 Named by the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound 

 "Mahoa." 



73. Rhombus plebeius. Solander, Pise. Austr., p. 12. 

 Glib bonnet-fleuk. 



Rh. plebeius, olivaceus, immaculatus ; dentibus Solea- 



rum scopulse-formibus, unilateralibus ; squamis parvis 



laevibus, linea laterali recta; pinna caudae truncata 



sub-rhomboidali : pinnis aliis esquamosis. 



Rad. Br. 77 ; D. 60 ; A. 45 ; C. 12| ; P. 1111 ; V. 6. 



A single specimen of this fish was sent by Dr. Dieffenbach to the 



College of Surgeons (now in the British Museum) . Solander has the 



following brief notice of a fish of this family in his ' Pisces Aus- 



tralise :' " Pleuronectes plebeius, ssepe pedalis. Latus dextrum 



e cinereo pallide olivaceum : latus sinistrum albicans. Iris e cine- 



reo, argentea : pupilla nigra. Habitat Tolaga." As this passage 



