266 Transactions.— Zoology. 
Total length, 13} inches. 
This fish was figured by mistake in the “Catalogue of the Fishes of New 
Zealand,” Pl. VII., No. 68, instead of Z. bothryocosmus. 
70. Odax vittatus, Sol. (Cat., p. 43.) 
The following description is taken from a stuffed and highly-varnished 
specimen in the Otago Museum :— 
D. 34; A. 15; V.4; P.15; CH: L lat. 75? L trans, 8/161 
Length four and a half times that of the head, which is equal to the height 
of the body ; length of the head nearly three times that of the snout ; least 
depth of the tail less than half the distance between the dorsal and caudal ; 
preoperculum sharply serrated ; operculum with two points. 
71. Coridodax pullus, Forst. (Cat., p. 44.) 
Length four and two-thirds that of the head, or three and three-fifths that ` 
of the body ; length of the head three and a half times that of the snout. 
Purplish grey, lighter below, often with a broad pale band on each side 
from the mouth to the caudal; mouth, preoperculum, anal, and dorsal fins 
variegated with bright french blue ; belly and under the pectorals sparingly 
variegated with yellow ; lips purplish red ; ventrals and pectorals variegated 
with the same colour. 
72. Gadus australis, Hutton. (Cat., p. 45.) 
In a letter to Dr. Hector, Dr. Günther says that this fish should be 
referred to the genus Merluccias, and that it is probably identical with 
M. gayi, from Chile, an opinion with which I quite agree. 
74, Lotella rhacinus, Forst. (Cat., p. 46.) 
Mr. H. Travers brought specimens of this fish from the Chatham Islands. 
They are of a pale uniform brown in spirits. 
CALLOPTILUM, gen. nov. 
Body fusiform, compressed posteriorly ; scales cycloid ; three dorgal fins, 
the first reduced to a single ray ; anal single, long ; ventrals long, composed 
of two rays; caudal separate; teeth none ; gill openings wide, the gill mem- 
brane united below the throat, but not attached to the isthmus ; pseudo- 
branchiz none ; snout short and rounded. 
This genus comes next to Bregmaceros, Thompson, afterwards called 
Calloptilum by Sir J. Richardson, which name I have now adopted for the 
present genus. 
