468 Transactions.—Z oology. 
Specimen in spirit presented to the Museum by Mr. W. T. L. Travers, 
F.L.8., from the Bay of Islands, where it is not uncommon at certain 
seasons. 
6c. GIRELLA SIMPLEX, Rich. 
“ Voy. ‘ Ereb and ‘Ter.’” Fishes, p. 25. Günther, I. 499. Girella 
percoides, Hect. (‘ Trans. N.Z. Inst.," Vol. VIL, p. 248). 
Pl. VIL; 6c. 
A fresh specimen of the New Zealand Black Perch, caught near Wel- 
lington, enables me to give a better figure of the fish, which was formerly 
drawn from a badly-mounted specimen ;* and a careful comparison of the 
fresh fish with the minute description given by Sir John Richardson leads 
me to abandon its specific distinctness from the fish of Sydney Harbour. 
107a. MURZENA KRULLII. 
Posterior nostrils not tubular; anterior nasal tubes minute. Teeth, uni- 
serial, mandibles with twelve irregular-sized teeth on each side. Eight 
short teeth in a erowded row in front. Vomerine teeth few, but long. 
Tail portion of the body longest. Length of head to gill-opening contained 
9i times in that of the trunk. Snout compressed, blunt. Fin only 
slightly elevated, not so high as length of snout. Very thick and fleshy, with 
a very narrow membranous margin, except near the extremity of the tail. 
Kye minute. Colour uniform dark brown, without any light patches or 
darker markings. 
Inches. 
Total length  ... ei uem wes i es cM 
Snout to vent 
ob o» qe fa 
»  »Bilopening ... eS ne SP Tm d MT 
Length of snout... - MUS 
Length of gape ... 1:2 
Diameter of eye... EM s se d ilie uc Ud 
Specimen in spirit presented by Mr. W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., caught in 
the Bay of Islands by a whaling vessel belonging to Mr. F. Krull, Cr.P., 
Consul for the German Empire, and to whom the species is dedicated. 
138a. MYLIOBATIS TENUICAUDATUS. 
PLEX 
Tail shorter than the dise, very slender. Dorsal finlet commences before 
the posterior limit of the ventrals. Claspers extend to the caudal spine, 
which springs half the length of the dorsal, behind that fin, and is equal in 
length to its base. Body slopes gradually into the fin portion of the dise ; 
E ER OAMRCRNENHRUS EUR, fiin s taedium, 
* Loc. cit., Pl. VII. 
