252 WAITE 
CHELIDONICHTHYS Kaup, 1873. 
CHELIDONICHTHYS KUMU Lesson and Garnot. 
RED GURNARD. 
Trigla kumu Lesson and Garnot, Voy. Coquille, Poiss, 1826, 
p. 214, pl. xix. 
Chelidonichthys kumu Jord, and Evern., Rep. U.S. Fish. Comm., 
1896, p. 488. 
Stations 25, 31, 34, 39, 42, 43, 44, 51, 53, 54, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 
69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 718,80, 81, 85, 86, 87, 90, 9250s: 
94, 95. 
This common species was first encountered off Oamaru and 
was thence taken generally throughout the remainder of the 
cruise, the depths ranging from 10 to 105 fathoms. 
PTERYGOTRIGLA Waite, 1899. 
PTERYGOTRIGLA PICTA Gunther. 
SPOTTED GURNARD. 
Plate LV. 
Trigla picta Giinther, Chall. Report, Shore Fishes, 1880, p. 24, 
pl. xa eA. 
Pterygotrigla andertoni Waite, Proc. N.Z. Inst., 1910, p. 26. 
D.vilevili, 19; Ali 1: -V. ib. Pda 3), 0, ae ee enn 
Vert. 10 + 16 = 26. 
Length of head (exclusive of spines) 2.9, height of body 3.8, 
length of caudal 4.8 in the total; diameter of eye 3.2, interorbital 
space 3.0, length of snout 2.1 in the head. 
Profile of snout very declivous, supraorbital edge most 
prominent, rising far above the contour of the head, producing 
a concave interorbital area; the maxillary reaches to below the 
anterior margin of the orbit: a single flat rostral spine on each 
side, a sharp spine on the temporal and another on the opercle, 
both directed backwards, a smaller one at the angle of the pre- 
opercle, a deep notch below it; a large spine on the supraclavicle 
directed upwards and backwards. Gill-rakers short and stout, 
fifteen on the first arch. 
Teeth.—Teeth in narrow bands in the jaws, divided on the 
mid line, and on the head of the vomer; none on the palatines. 
Fins.—The dorsal spines are strong and sharp with acute 
edges, the first, which stands wholly behind the head, slightly 
