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line extends to the end of the second dorsal, while the posterior portion begins 
under the tenth ray from the end of the second dorsal. 
41. Lepidotrigla brachyoptera, Hutton. (Cat., p. 27.) PL XV. 
44, Gobius amiciencis, O. & V. (Cat, p. 29.) 
Carteret harbour is not in New Zealand but in New Ireland ; this fish 
should, therefore, be struck out of our list, 
45. Eleotris gobioides, C. & V. (Cat., p. 29.) Pl. XV. 
45a. ELEOTRIS RADIATA. Quoy. C.M. 
PL rx 
E. radiata, O. & V., “ Hist. Nat. des Poissons,” XII., 250. 
D. 6|}; Aj; L. Lat., 30? 
Length three times that of the head, or six times the height of the body ; 
interorbital space flat ; scales moderate, minutely ciliated ; snout moderate ; 
head depressed, the breadth being rather greater than the height. Colour 
(in spirits) pale yellowish red, with several vertical brown bands on the 
caudal. Total length of the specimen two inches. This specimen was obtained 
near the mouth of the river Thames, where it appears to be not uncommon. 
The natives call it “ kurahina.” 
Valenciennes gives the following description of the colours of the specimen 
taken by Quoy :—Reddish, with twelve vertical brownish bands on each side ; 
fins whitish ; the first dorsal with two longitudinal black bands, the upper 
large and dentate ; the second dorsal with three less marked, the anal with 
one. The caudal with many vertical brown lines; at the base of the pectorals 
a blackish straight line. À 
47. Trypterygium nigripenne, C. & V. (Cat., p. 31.) 
This fish is very variable in colour, and sometimes the nasal tentacle is 
wanting. Two specimens brought by Mr. Henry Travers from the Chatham 
Islands have a purplish lunate spot on the base of the pectorals, and thus 
resemble Z. forsteri ; but the fins were 
D. 4-5 | 17-20 | 13-14; A. 21-25, 
others were quite black, and others were of the typical colour. I am of 
opinion that T. forsteri, T. fenestratum, and 7. varium, are only accidental 
varieties of T. nigripenne. 
51. Trypterygium compressum, Hutton. (Cat., p. 32.) Pl XV. 
