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emerging from beneath the gill cover, whereas it has a very 
pronounced fleshy base: the ventral is too short, and is repre- 
sented as originating on the mid-line, while a non-existent ray 
is shown in front of the vent. Giinther’s figure is more nearly 
accurate, but the pectoral is represented as rather too high, and 
as overlapping the second dorsal. The middle rays of the dorsal 
are indicated as without membrane, and the elevation of the 
hinder portion of the fin is not shown, though included in 
Hutton’s figure. When the mouth is closed the lower jaw does 
not project as stated. In his generic diagnosis he writes 
‘*Pseudobranchiw none’’; this is incorrect, for, though small, 
they are distinctly present. 
This species was taken between Timaru and Lyttelton and 
again off Gisborne, at depths between 914 and 35 fathoms. 
Many specimens were obtained, the largest of which is 
described. 
ALLOTRIOGNATHI. 
Family LAMPRIDA. 
LAMPRIS Retzius, 1799. 
LAMPRIS PELAGICUS Gunnerus. 
OPAH. 
Scomber pelagicus Gunnerus, Dronth. Selsk. Skr. iv., 1768, p- 
fol ONS 0) Wea tle ma ntoaniel Us 
In the introduction (p. 53), I have given evidence that several 
examples of this fish were cast up on to the beach at Topenga 
Bay, on the northern coast of the Chatham Islands. I have 
there used the name Lampris retsius, but from a paper by 
Lonnberg!7, which has just come to my hand, I find that this 
author claims priority for Gunnerus, writing as follows :— 
‘* Although Lampris is a benthopelagic fish which has its home 
in the warmer parts of the Atlantic, it is not unknown along the 
Scandinavian coasts, being, in fact, for the first time after the 
introduction of the binomenclature named Scomber pelagicus by 
the Norwegian bishop Gunnerus (1768).’’ 
(17) Lénnberg, Annuaire Mus. St. Petersb. 1900, p. 242. 
