Grirrin.—Additions to the Fish Fauna of New Zealand. 255 
Height of body rather less than 2 in the length to the hypural joint, 
the head is 34 in the same distance. Eye 3 in the head, and slightly wider 
than the interorbital space. Snout $ е width of the eye. Caudal peduncle 
2 in the head. 
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dorsal rays. The first spine is short, equal to the first dorsal spine, 
the second strong, and equal in length to the fourth dorsal spine. 
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Ventral inserted a little behind the base of the pectoral reaching back- 
ward as far as the first anal spine. Caudal forked, the upper lobe being 
the longest. ; 
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placed just above the lateral line below the tenth-eleventh dorsal spines, 
and a second white spot situated below the posterior dorsal rays. Eye 
much lighter ; the rays are of the same ground-colour, but there 1s a median 
band of black passing through them. Anal fine like the dorsal. Pectoral 
dusky pink, the rays lighter, and a large black patch at its base partly on 
the fin and partly on.the body. 
