314 Mr. F. W. Hutton on new 



above the base of each. Caudal deeply forked, the lobes 

 equal to the length of the pectorals. 



Colour uniform silvery, getting darker on the back. 



Total length of the specimen 22 inches. 



Hab. Cook Straits. 



This description is from a stuffed specimen belonging to 

 W. T. L. Travers, Esq., F.L.S., of Wellington, who kindly 

 sent it to me for description. He informs me that several 

 years ago he saw other specimens of this fish on the shores of 

 Massacre Bay. 



In general appearance it much resembles T. jaculator ; but, 

 besides the differences in the fin-rays and scales, the anterior 

 superior profile of the snout is more blunt, the vertical fins 

 are more deeply contracted behind the first soft rays, the anal 

 spines are much more slender, and the spinal portions of the 

 fins are covered with scales quite as much as the soft 

 portions. 



Thereupon (?) rubiginosus. 

 D. g. A. J. L. lat. 80. L. transv. 12/23. 



Length three times the height of the body, or four times 

 the length of the head ; the diameter of the eye goes three 

 times and a half into the length of the head. Scales ctenoid. 

 Body compressed, the greatest height under the third dorsal 

 spine. Mouth small, nearly vertical. A series of very minute 

 teeth in each jaw ; palate apparently toothless. Prseoperculum 

 denticulated on its posterior margin, smooth below ; operculum 

 smooth, armed with two small flat spines. Dorsal single, 

 deeply notched ; the third spine, which is the longest, goes 

 nearly twice and a half into the length of the head. Spines 

 of the dorsal and anal very strong. Anal and soft dorsal half- 

 covered with scales, the spiny parts scaleless ; caudal and 

 exterior surfaces of pectorals and ventrals more or less covered 

 with small scales. Caudal forked, each lobe about equal to 

 the length of the head. The dorsal commences at the base 

 of the ventrals, and ends at a distance from the caudal equal 

 to about two thirds of the length of the head. Pectorals 

 pointed ; the upper rays the longest, but not so long as the 

 head, and not extending so far back as the point of the 

 ventrals. Ventrals inserted behind the pectorals, and ex- 

 tending to about one half the distance to the vent. 



Colour apparently reddish, fading to greyish yellow. 



Total length of the specimen 16 inches. 



Hab. Coast of Otago. 



This fish is described from a single stuffed specimen in the 



