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of the suboperculum. The eye is large, and contained six times in length 
of head ; iris yellow, with blue and red circular bands; cheeks naked, except 
a patch of scales on operculum and subopereulum. Head one-fifth total 
length, which is four and a half times the height. Body rounded, and 
carrying its depth well towards the tail; dorsal outline sinuous, abdominal 
well curved ; greatest depth of body below twelfth dorsal spine. One dorsal 
fin long and continuous, supported on soft spines, a few at posterior end 
being branched. Ventrals thoracic and having four branched rays, nearly 
confluent at base, which is situated a little behind pectorals. Anal fin not 
long with first ray under twenty-fifth dorsal ray. Caudal slightly forked, 
truncate and carried on branched rays. Lateral line curved above pectoral 
and nearly straight thence to the caudal. Scales soft and adherent. 
Colour.—Rather a gay and striking fish ; dorsal half and head dark olive- 
green, and mottled with small blue spots; abdominal half of body greenish- 
yelow with small blue spots. A golden band runs from mouth along 
cheeks to pectoral fins, thence to tail it is broken into a line of broad 
irregular patches of a peach colour, which lie below the lateral line and 
terminate a little beyond last ray of anal fin. Dorsal fin dark olive except 
a transparent patch at posterior extremity. Pectoral and ventrals clear. 
Anal dark, a secu ea band near posterior extremity. Caudal fin dark 
olive-green. 
Stomach siphonal ; intestine long and lying along abdomen in a number 
of turns. Ovaries clear in colour, ova very small.  Air-bladder simple, 
cylindrical and silvery in colour, lining of abdominal cavity also silvery. 
DIMEnNsIons. 
Inches 
Total length .. os i PME ic PE 
Length Sn n 80 
Head .. E d x $a : 1:8 
Least depth of tail i4 os ais i C085 
Height x NORTE 
Eye diameter 0:3 
Eye from snout 0:8 
Dorsal from snout 2:1; length 4:0 
Pestoral , | 12 
Ventil , 2:5 is 1:2 
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On August 80th another example of this fish was in Mr. Smith's shop, but 
not so brightly coloured as the above-described one. He examined it and 
found the vertebre to be of a light green colour, but there was no decided 
sexual development. Although the above specimens have heads with sharp 
snouts, while Coridodaz pullus, the kelp fish or butter fish, has a blunt 
snout, yet in other respects they are so like as to render it possible that the 
latter may be but the adult form of the former. Our local kelp fish, while . 
