88 THE CHISMOPNEA (CHIMAEROIDS). 
length of the head. Supracaudal little deeper than subeaudal. Dorsal spine 
reaching behind the origin of the second dorsal. Eye large, length more than 
one third of that of the head, twice the height of the second dorsal. Lateral 
line not wavy, but slightly irregular; jugular section meeting the angular a 
short distance below the junction of orbital and angular. Clasper of male 
extending little behind the ventral fins, trifid about half of its length. 
Silvery brown, whiter below; fins darker outwards. 
Sagami Bay, Japan. 
CHIMAERA AUSTRALIS. 
Chimaera monstrosa var. australis Hecror, 1902, Trans. and Proc. New Zeal. Inst., 34, p. 239, pl. 14, 
C, D; Warrs, 1907, Rec. Cant. Mus., 1, p. 9. 
Measurements taken from the type are: total length 36, depth 4, snout to 
orbit 2.5, snout to dorsal spine 6, dorsal spine 8, base of dorsal 3.5, interdorsal 
space 3, base of second dorsal 16, snout to pectoral 5, snout to ventral 16, caudal 
fin 5, and filiform appendage 7 inches. 
Hector’s text describes Chimaera monstrosa var. australis without interroga- 
tion marks. The measurements were taken from the female specimen, the 
text from both sexes, as also the outlines on the plate. The figures given are 
named “‘Chimaera colliei (= C. monstrosa var. australis ?) female. D.— male.” 
The outlines exhibit a short second dorsal without indentation on the upper 
edge, an indistinct anal fin, and, on the male, a bifid ¢lasper and a continuous 
second dorsal and supracaudal. 
“Colour.— Olive-black above, silvery-white beneath the head, and dark- 
grey elsewhere. Head with small ocellated spots, and round the base of the 
dorsal five distinet white spots. As far back as the vent three rows of nine 
spots in each, and one broad but interrupted line of white. A pseudo-lateral 
line of fifty-three pores marked by golden scales, which latter are also found 
on other parts. On the tail are thirteen bold white blotches, in continuation 
of the white lateral line on the body.” 
Wairau Bay. New Zealand. 
CHIMAERA BARBOURI. 
Chimaera barbourt GARMAN, 1908, Feby., Bull. M. C. Z., 61, p. 255; Tanaka, 1911, Fishes of Japan, 1, 
p. 16, pl. 4, f. 14, pl. 5, f. 19. 
Chimaera spilota Tanaka, 1908, March, Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, 23, p. 15. 
Head little more than one fifth of the length to the end of the second dorsal, 
two fifths of the second dorsal base. Second dorsal two and one half times as 
