FISHES. 225 



In. Lin. 



Greatest vertical height of body . .., , ,; .-;>, . ! 4 9J 



Do. do. of body and fins . , -,- .'*; 6 11 



Length from end of snout to gill-opening .,,V>; , -. 1 9 



Ditto do. to angle of upper orbit ' 8 



Distance between the orbits . , . . ... 02 



Height of tail between the vertical fins . : ", " u . ' i Q 



Length of ditto . f /'' . J^,. .^. .^'- -^ . Q g 



Thickness of body . L_4jfy ^tt r^*< 'SfWi *V* i Q 7 



Axis of orbits . v * v ' ; '''' " ' ' *v ff ' *^" <! . 6J 



Small diameter of do. , l ' ; . . . 5 



Height of central dorsal or anal rays * . . 12 



Length of caudal ' . . . . . . 1 Hi 



Inhabits Tolaga Bay. 



Polack mentions flat-fish, which are intermediate between the 

 flounder and the sole, and are named " pitiki " by the natives. 



Fam. DISCOBOLI. 



74. Lepadogaster pinnulatus. J. R. Forster, MS. IV., 



15, apud Bl. Schn., p. 2. (Cyclopterus pinnulatus, 

 G. Forster, fig. pict, 2, t. 248.) 



Haunts stony beaches and the mouths of rivulets in Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound. It is named " moyeadoo " by the natives. 



75. Gobiesox littoreus. Cuv. Reg. An. 2, p. 345. (Cy- 



clopterus littoreus, J. R. Forster, MS. II. 27, apud 

 Bl. Schn., p. 199.) 

 Inhabits stony beaches. 



Fam. ECHENEIDE^E. 



76. Echeneis naucrates, L. 



Fam. ANGUILLIFORMES. 



77. Anguilla Die/enbachii.GTay, Zool. Misc., 73. 

 Inhabits the River Thames, New Zealand. Dr. Dief- 



fenbach. 



" Upper jaw shortest ; teeth small, in several series, velvet 

 like; head short, conical; upper jaw rather the shortest: brown, 

 in spirits, with small, differently placed, short black lines : face 

 with 3 pores on each side just above the upper lip, and 4 pores in 

 a short arched line just above the tubular nostrils ; chin with a 



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