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eye is less than 4 of the length of the head in a specimen of 200 mm., leaves no 
doubt on this point. In examples of this species I count 40 to 42 dorsal and 38 
to 40 anal rays. 
STROMATEIDAR. 
26. Centrolophus maoricus, Ogilb. 
Depth of body 34 in the length ; length of head 34 to 34. Snout from a little 
shorter to a little longer than diameter of eye, which is 34 to 41 in the leneth of head 
and less than interorbital width. Maxillary extending to below anterior } af 1 of eye. 
14 oill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 43 ; origin above base of pectoral. 
Anal 27. Pectoral 3 length of head; pelvies a little shorter. Caudal emarginate. 
Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. 180 scales in a longitudinal series ; 
lateral lime curved anteriorly, becoming straight above origin of anal. Purplish ; 
longitudinal series of oblong pale spots more or less distinct on sides of body ; two 
broad dusky bands across the body, one in front of and one above the anal fin. 
Three Kings Islands, north of New Zealand ; surface. 
Here described from two specimens, 150 and 280 mm. in length, which have the 
body a little deeper and the head a httle larger than in young examples of the Atlantic 
C. niger, Gmel. ; also the fin-rays are somewhat more numerous and the origin of the 
dorsal fin is further forward ; it is probable that these specimens pertain to CL maoricus, 
Ogilby (Rec. Austral. Mus. 11, 1893, p- 64), described from a larger fish. 
Since my revision of the genus Centrolophus (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) x, 1902, 
p- 194) Waite* has described a new species, (. huttoni, from New Zealand, well 
distinguished by the large number of fin-rays. C. britannicus has been rediscovered,f 
and I have examined the type of the Californian [cichthys lockingtoni, Jord. and Gilb., 
in the Smithsonian Institution ; this is a Centrolophus, very similar to CL niger. 
27. Cubiceps caeruleus, Regan. 
Cubiceps caeruleus, Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) x11, 1914, p. 15. 
Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3? to 3% im length of fish. Snout 
as long as or a little shorter than diameter of eye, which is 35 to 33 in length of head 
and a little less than interorbital width. Maxillary not quite reaching vertical from 
anterior margin of eye; praeorbital narrowed posteriorly, not completely concealing 
maxillary. 14 or 15 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal x1, 123. Anal 
mi 21. Pectoral as long as head, extending to origin of anal. Caudal forked. 
Probably not more than 50 scales in a longitudinal series. Bluish. 
Three Kings Islands. 
Two specimens, 100 and 110 mm. in length, from the stomach of a Seriolella, 
* Trans. N. Z. Inst. xm, 1910, p. 388. 
+ Pellegrin, Bull. soc. zool., xxxvu, 1912, p. 20, 
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