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B. 4, D. 34-85, A. 14-15, P. 15, L. Lat. 88, L. Trans. 10/28. 
The height of the body is rather more than the length of the head. 
The distance between the dorsal and caudal is twice the least depth 
of the tail. Operculum with a rounded point. Small scales on the 
upper part of the operculum and behind the eye. Top of the head naked. 
Lateral line feeble, but continuous. Upper surface orange-brown ; lower, 
bright orange marbled, with whitish-brown between the anal and ventral 
fins. Throat, white. Lateral streak, bright silvery salmon colour. Pos- 
terior portions of dorsal and anal, white ; the rest concolour with the back 
and belly respectively. Pectorals, colourless. Caudal, with the membrane, 
colourless, and the rays getting salmon-coloured near the tip. A few violet 
spots on the sides. 
AMMOTRETIS ROSTRATUS. Gunther. 
B. 6, D. 80, A. 57, P. 12, V. Dext. 6, Sin. 4, L. Lat. 90, L. Trans., 34/49. 
A fish not uncommon in the Dunedin market, where it goes by the name 
of *‘ Lemon Sole,” agrees so well with Dr. Giinther’s description of A. ros- 
tratus, from Tasmania, that I have no hesitation in considering it that 
species. The chief difference is that, in the New Zealand fish, the height 
is rather more than half the length. 
RHOMBOSOLEA LEPORINA. Gunther. 
The New Zealand fish referred by me to this species appears to belong 
more properly to R. flesoides, Giinther (“‘ Ann. Nat. Hist.,” 8rd series, Vol. 
XI., p. 117); but the difference between the two species seems small, 
RHOMBOSOLEA TAPIRINA. Gunther. 
In the “ Trans. N.Z. Inst.,”’ Vol. VI., p. 106, I described a flat-fish 
doubtfully under this name, as the eyes were on the left side. Since thenI 
have examined several specimens in Dunedin, and find that the eyes are 
sometimes on the right side, and sometimes on the left ; consequently my 
determination is good. 
GONOSTOMA AUSTRALIS. 
Maurolicus australis. Heetor. 
A specimen of this fish, presented to the Museum by Mr. C. H. Robson, 
shows that it is covered with two longitudinal rows of thin scales, and 
therefore that it should be placed in the genus Gonostoma, instead of Mauro- 
licus. The teeth, however, are not unequal in size, as in G. denudatum. 
LEPTOCEPHALUS ALTUS. Richardson. 
Glass Eel. 
Several specimens of this curious fish have been picked up on the Ocean 
Beach at Dunedin. 
