Hurrox.—Contributions to the Ichthyology of New Zealand. 2138 
in the jaws, inside of which is a band of villiform teeth. Blackish olive 
above, the base of each scale being darker. Top of the head black. Chin 
and lower part of the operculum olive-yellow. Belly whitish. 
NOTOTHENIA ANGUSTATA. sp. nov. 
- B.6, D. 4-5 | 28-29, A. 29-94, V. 5, P. 19, L. Lat. 52-08, 
L. Trans. 6/13-15. 
Length, four and a quarter times the height of the body, or three and a 
half times the length of the head. Breadth of the head equal to the height 
of the body. Interorbital space rather more than twice the diameter of 
of the eye. Top of the head flat, roughened ; a bony ridge over each eye 
extending back to the posterior margin of the preoperculum. Eyes 
lateral. Mouth wide with rather strong teeth in the jaws, and a band of 
villiform teeth behind them; vomer and palate smooth. Preoperculum 
sealy behind the eye, its margin denticulated. Operculum with two points 
above the shoulder. Lower jaw slightly longer. Nostrils tubular. Spines 
of first dorsal, flexible. Ventrals in front of the pectorals. Caudal 
rounded. 
Variable in color from dark olivaceous-black, to olive-green slightly 
mottled with blackish on the back. Lips speckled with white. Axil of the 
pectorals yellow. Caudal and dorsal blackish. Total length about 14.5- 
inches. 
Dunedin and Bluff Harbours. Not uncommon. Type in the Otago 
Museum. 
This fish and the next differ from the rest of the species of Notothenia in 
having the head not so broad, and the eyes lateral. 
NOTOTHENIA MICROLEPIDOTA. sp. nov. 
Black Cod. 
B. 6, D. 7/26, A. 28, V. 3, P. 18, L. Lat. 91, L. Trans. 12/82. 
Length four and a half times the height of the body, or three and a half 
times the length of the head. Breadth of the head not much more than 
half its length. Interorbital space, flat, slightly roughened, rather less 
than twice the diameter of the eye. Preoperculum scaly behind the eye, 
margin entire, straight, Operculum with a semicircular notch above the 
shoulder. Eyes, lateral. Teeth, as in the last species. Lower jaw, larger. 
Ventrals, a little in front of the pectorals. Caudal, truncated. No pores 
on the head. 
Purplish-brown above, greyish below. Throat, gill membranes, axil of 
pectorals, and opereles yellowish. Total length, about 17 inches. 
Dunedin and Moeraki. Not so common as the last. Type in the Otago 
useum. 
