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length of head. First dorsal spine less than the diameter of the eye; second 
equal to length of head. Barbels reach nearly to the vertical from the 
extremity of the operculum. 
Upper part of body dusky dull violet, variegated with yellow and azure 
blue blending into pale crimson, with golden and azure blue streaks on 
lower parts of body. Head with blue streaks descending on the snout. 
Fins brownish-purple, with waved markings of pink, yellow, and azure blue, 
the latter being distinct and the two former blending into the ground 
colour. Each scale with a violet patch in the centre. Iris golden yellow. 
T wo silvery streaks and a granulated patch below the eye. No black bands 
on the side of the body. 
Teeth on jaws minute, in a double row, with some slightly stronger 
teeth in front of upper jaw. No palatine teeth. Vomer with three teeth 
on each side in distinct patches. (See Fig. 2 a.) 
In the colouration, general form, and divided vomerine teeth, this fish 
is very similar to Upenoides vlamingii, but the absence of teeth on the 
palatine bones places it in Blecker’s genus Upeneichthys. 
Distinguished from U. porosus, of the Australian seas, by the absence of 
a black lateral streak, which is always present in that species according 
to Count Castleneau (** Icthyology of Australia," p. 65.) 
Specimen in spirit. Outside Wellington Harbour. 
Total length, 16 inches. 
BERYX AFFINIS. C.M. 
Günther, I., 18 E 
PI. IX. Fig. 1 
D. 7/12; A. 8/19; V. 1/7; Th. 44 ; L.T. 6/12. 
Height equal to length of head and one-third total length. Operculum 
with two spines. Pectoral is one-fifth the total length. Eye situated high, 
its diameter being one-fifth the length of the head, and exceeding that of 
the snout. Snout with two nasal apertures close in front, the posterior 
being the larger. Intermaxillaries carry five teeth on the sides, and a group 
of large teeth on each side of a mesial notch, into which a projecting group 
of large teeth on the lower jaw fit. 
Colour crimson-pink, paler beneath. 
A dried specimen. Collected by Mr. Robson at Cape Campbell. 
Total length, 18 inches. 
This fish agrees with Dr. Giinther’s species, of which he gives a very 
minute description in the work above quoted. It pcs the coast of 
Australia. 
DINEMATICHTHYS CONSOBRINUS, Hutton. 
Pl. IX., Fig. 77a. 
Captain Hutton’s type, being in the Colonial Museum, is figured, He 
