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form and the numerous vertebrae (about 100). The pelvic fins are represented by a 
pair of serrated spines. 
Station 135. Spirits Bay, near North Cape, New Zealand. 3 metres. September 
Ist, 1911. 
GOBIIDAE. 
Gobiosoma molestum, Girard. 
A post-larval fish of 5 mm. has the form of the adult. The number of fin-rays— 
dorsal vir, 13; anal 11—point to this species. 
Station 39. Six miles off the mouth of Rio de Janeiro Harbour. 2 metres. 
April 27th, 1913. 
CLINIDAE. 
Tripterygium varium, Forst. (Pl. IX, figs. 1, 2). 
Numerous larval and post-larval examples, 6 to 14 mm. in total length. One of 
6 mm. is figured (Pl. IX, fig. 1); only the caudal fin has traces of the permanent rays. 
At 9 or 10 mm. the caudal is fully formed and terminal and the anal and third dorsal 
have their full complement of rays, but there is no trace of the first and second dorsals 
nor of the pelvies in these, nor in the larger examples of 13 or 14 mm. (PI. IX, fig. 2). 
The absence of these fins made it difficult to determine these fishes, but after preparing 
the skeleton of one of the larger specimens I was led to place them in the Clinidae, the 
form of the skull and the arrangement of the elements at the base of the pectoral fin 
being especially characteristic. The number of vertebrae, about 45, and of fin-rays, 
12-13 dorsal, 25-27 anal, 14 principal caudal and not less than 14 or 15 pectoral, lead 
to the determination of the species as Tripterygium varium. 
Spirits Bay, near North Cape, New Zealand. 
Station 133. 20 metres. August 30th, 1911. 
“ 135. 38 metres. September Ist, 1911. 
136. Surface. September 2nd, 1911. 
SCLEROPAREL 
SCORPAENIDAE. 
Scorpaena, sp. (Pl. X, fig. 6). 
Fin-rays.—Dorsal x1, 1 9; Anal m1 5; Pectoral 18. Vertebrae 24 (10 + 14). 
The specimen is 10 mm. long ; the head is armed with serrated spines, two prae- 
orbital, four praeopercular, one at the angle longest ; the interorbital ridges are 
continued back to a pair of strong occipital spines ; the infraorbital ridges are serrated. 
The lower part of the pectoral fin is pigmented. 
Station 53. Tropical Atlantic. 5°S., 27° 15' W. Surface. May 12th, 1913. 
Pentaroge marmorata, Cuv. and Val. (Pl. X, fig. 5). 
Larvae 6 to 7 mm. long may be referred to this species, with which they agree in 
