Hxcron.— Notes on New Zealand Ichthyology. 469 
head elevated ; eyes lateral, but without an over-hanging ridge. Nasal disc 
rounded, blunt, profile of mouth concave, and equal in length to the orbital 
interspace. 
Colour dark brown, with blue bars, white beneath. Teeth of lower jaw 
four times as wide as long (d-4"), of upper jaw six times (e-c’). 
Specimen caught in Wellington Harbour. 
Diameter of disc... ds Ty ae ixi 
Length, snout to vent ... "M in n i$» 4s 19 
Length, snout to caudal fin... yis à tel s.s AB 
Length of tail Pm x E P ba PR Ui 
I append extracts from a paper by Dr. Albert Günther, F.R.S., giving 
the results of a critical examination of some of our fish which he has 
recently made. 
Art. LXIITI.— Remarks on New Zealand Fishes. By Dr. ArsERT GuwTHER, 
F.R.S., Keeper of the Zoological Department, British Museum.* 
Anthias richardsonii, Gthr. 
This fish also occurs on the eoast of New Zealand, Scorpis hectori of 
Hutton (‘ Fishes of New Zealand," p. 4, Fig. 4), being evidently the same 
species. 
Chilodactylus spectabilis (Hutton, 1872, Febr). 
This name is to be adopted instead of Ch. allporti (Gthr., 1872, Sept.) 
Anema monopterygium. 
After having re-examined a number of examples of this fish, I cannot 
agree with Capt. Hutton that two species are confounded under this name. 
The filament within the mouth of these fish appears often to be accidentally 
lost, and is probably reproduced. 
Leptoscopus. 
I regard L. huttonii (Haast, ** Trans. N.Z. Inst.," V., p. 275) as identical 
with L. macropygus, and L. robsonii (Hector, 1875) as the young of L. 
angusticeps (Hutton, 1873). Iam indebted to Dr. Hector for a specimen of 
this L. robsonii, which was obtained in Cook Strait. 
Seriolella. 
Additional examples of various ages of the species of Neptomenus (Gthr.), 
from New Zealand and Tasmania, have convinced me of the identity of this 
genus with Seriolella (Guichen). In young age the preoperculum is dis- 
tinetly denticulated, radiating bony spicules projecting beyond its margin ; 
with advancing age the interspaces between the projections are filled up 
* * Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.," May, 1876. 
