CrankE,— On some new Fishes, 293 
Scales large, ctenoidal ; head, cheeks, gill-covers, scaleless ; eyes, large, 
oval; with trifid supra-orbital tentacle ; nostrils double, one close in front 
of eye, simple, the other lower down, tubular; lips fleshy; profile of head 
high, but round; top of head round, nose round, blunt; supra-orbital 
ridges not very prominent, but fleshy; lateral line prominent, following 
dorsal profile, high up on sides, and terminating suddenly under last third 
of 2nd portion of dorsal; 1st portion of dorsal, very low; bases of 1st and 
2nd rays close together, terminating portion of membrane joins 1st ray of 
2nd portion of dorsal a little above base; 2nd portion of dorsal high 
anteriorly ; membrane at termination does not reach to commencement of 
8rd portion of dorsal; 8rd portion of dorsal high ; belly tumid; body, 
thick fleshy, sharp on back, rounded below :— 
Total length, 3:35 inches ; length of head, ‘8 inch. 
Length, 1st part dorsal, :45 inch—extreme height, 4th ray, 25 inch. 
” ” 1:25 LE] ” ” 2n ” :38 ” 
” 3rd ” ” "5D ” ” ” 3rd ” 4 ” 
” anal, ” 1:27 9 ” ” 17th ” 33 ” 
pe caudal, ,, 45 ,, ext. ht. of pectoral, 1lth,, :76 ,, 
Longest diameter eye, ‘2 ,, 
Shortest 2 im 
Distance from snout to ventral fin, :55 inch 
” » ventral fin to anal fin, ‘8 inch 
i >> end of anal (in vertical with end of dorsal) to beginning of caudal fin, 
7 ine 
between 2nd and 3rd portion of dorsal fin, ‘05 inch. 
Ground colour (preserved in carbolic solution) brownish, with dark 
brown blotches on back, surrounding seven light patches or spots, four of 
which run up on to base of second portion of dorsal; upper part of first 
portion of dorsal very dark, anal fin greyish, with dark brown free margin; 
belly grey; pupil of eye black, iris brown. 
Collected at Jackson's Bay, December, 1874, and presented by J. S. 
Browning, Esq. 
Acanthoclinus taumaka, Pl. XV. 
B.6, D.20-4, P.1-17, V. 1-2, A.9-4, C.19. 
Head is to total length as 5 is to 21. 
Total length, 4:3 inches; length of head, 1 inch; depth of Pres '8 inch 
Length of dorsal, 23 inches—extreme height, 21st ray, ‘55 inch 
E anal, i 7 » o Da a (0 
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5 eaudal 
Teeth on tongue, vomer, MIWA upper and lower j jaws. 
Lateral lines as in generic distinctions. Head small and pointed, but 
with nose (in profile) slightly truncated, rounded above, flattish below; 
