116 Dr. A. Giinther on new Species of Fishes. 



total length (without the caudal). Teeth narrow, not cmarginate, 

 twenty-one on each side of the upper jaw. Infraorbital scaly ; 

 the width of the prseorbital is two-thirds of that of the orbit. 

 Five or six series of small scales on the cheek. Vertical fins 

 scaly nearly to their margins. The third to the seventh dorsal 

 spines are nearly of equal height, one-half of the length of the 

 head. Caudal forked. Reddish-violet (in a dried state) ; fins 

 blackish. 



Nine inches long. 



The " Rock-Perch " of the colonists. 



Lahrichthys ephippium. 



? Labrus ephippium, Cuv. & Val. xiii. p. 96. 



D. ■^. A. yV ^- lat. 27. L. transv. 3/ JO. 



A posterior canine tooth. Cheek with three series of very 

 small scales. Base of the dorsal fin not scaly. Each tube of 

 the scales of the lateral line with numerous branches. 



Coloration in a dried specimen : — Back violet-olive to the end 

 of the spinous dorsal ; head, belly, and tail reddish, the latter 

 with a broad violet-olive band between the posterior halves of 

 the soft dorsal and anal. A blackish spot behind the opercle ; 

 the pectoral, ventral, caudal, and spinous dorsal reddish or yel- 

 lowish, the first with a black spot superiorly in the axil. The 

 soft dorsal and the anal blackish-violet. 



Seventeen inches long. 



The " Parrot-fish " of the colonists. 



Pseudophycis harhatus. 

 B. 7. D. 8|51. A. 58. V. 5. L. lat. ca. 140. 



The ventral fin does not extend to the vent. Sixteen or eighteen 

 series of scales between the anterior dorsal and the lateral line. 



This fish is similar to its congener, P. breviusculus, Richards., 

 from New Zealand, but may be readily distinguished by the 

 characters given. We have received a specimen 17 inches long. 

 The species is called "Rock-Cod" by the colonists. With re- 

 gard to the characters of the genus Pseudophycis, we refer to 

 * Catal. Pish.' iv. p. 350. 



Lotella callarias. 

 B. 7. D. 6 1 65. A. 57. P. 22. V. 7. 



The two outer ventral rays produced into a filament. Uniform 

 brown. 



Similar to L. fuliginosa, Giinth. (Catal. Pish. iv. p. 347), but 

 with a shorter head, the length of which is one-fifth of the total 

 (without the caudal) . The ventrals, with the filament, are as long 



