226 FAUNA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



series of 7 pores on each side near the edge, becoming wider apart 

 behind ; lateral line formed of rather distant tubular pores, thf* 

 line is slightly bent upon the pectoral ; the dorsal commencing a 

 little distance before the vent. Length 15, head to pectoral If, 

 length of dorsal 10, of anal 8| inches." Gray. 



78. Ophidium blacodes.G. Forster, fig. pict. 2, t. 174. 



(Bl. Schn., p. 285. Cuv. Reg. An. 2, p. 359.) 

 Named " ekokh " by the natives. Lurks at the bottom of the 

 sea in stony places. The natives spear it and prize it as an article 

 of food. 



Fam. LOPHOBRANCHII. 



79. Hippocampus abdominalis. Lesson, Mem. de la 



Soc. d'Hist. Nat. iv. p. 411, Septr., 1818. (Voy. 

 du Duperrey, Zool., p. 125.) 

 There are several other members of this genus in those seas. 



Fam. PLECTOGNATHT. 



80. Tetraodon hamiltoni, sp. nov. 



There is a specimen in the Museum at Haslar. 



81. Monacanthus scaber. J. R. Forster, MS. II. 72, 



apud Bl. Schn., 477. (G. Forster, fig. pict. 2, 

 t. 247.) 



Known among the aborigines of Queen Charlotte's Sound 

 by the name of " baddeek. 5 ' 



Fam. CHIM^ERHXE. 



82. Callorhynchus antarcticus. Lacepede, 1, xii. (Chi- 



meera callorhynchus, Solander, Pise. Austr., p. 18.) 

 Inhabits Murderer's Bay, and other parts of the coast. 

 It is the " erhe-perhepe" of the natives, and the 

 " elephant-fish" of the English settlers. 



Fam. SCYLLIA. 



83. Scyllium? lima. Miiller und Henle, Plagiostomen, 



p. 26. (Squalus lima, Banks, fig. pict. 1, pi. 53. 

 Sq. Isabelle, Lac. i. 225.) 

 Frequents tbe coast of ^Eaheenomauwee. 



