Hector. — Notes on New Zealand Ichthyology. 245 



Parore, or Mangrove Fish. 



A fish 18 inches long with "black bands on a dark ground ; head not seen ; 

 anal short, 3-13; P. 15, all short; height equal to half the length ; peritoneum 

 black j does not take bait, but frequents rocks among the mangroves at high 

 water. Nimmruru and Wangarei 1 [arbours. 



«^ b VC. C^V* TT CW^, 



15a, SCORP^JNA BARATHRI. sp. nov. 



PL X. 



B. 7 ; P. 18 ; V. 1/5 ; D. 11— 1| 13 ; A. 3/5 ; Pores 22 ; L. scales 65 ; 



L.T. 7/20. 



Length equal to three and a quarter times the height, and two and two- 

 thirds the length of head ; teeth on the palatines, vomer, and jaws in fine 

 villiform bands ; general form compressed-elongate with profile of head convex; 

 length of snout equal to diameter of orbit, maxillary rather longer, inter- 

 orbital space equals one-third the same ; supraorbital ridges with five spines ; 

 Prseoperculum with five spines on the lower limb; suboperculum with two 

 appressed spines on the upper limb ; third dorsal spine longest and equal to 

 half the length of the head ; anal spine of same length and greater than base 

 of anal fin ; the interval between the anal and caudal is twice that between 

 the soft dorsal and caudal. 



Colour silvery, with a yellow hue and a few brown spots on the back, and 

 a dark patch on the dorsal fin. 



Approaches nearest to S. panda. Rich., but is distinguished chiefly by the 

 greater length and less height of the dorsal, and shorter pectorals. 



Total length, 5 inches. 



Dredged by H.M.S. Challenger Expedition in 400 fathoms, off* Cape 

 Farewell. 



18a. TRACHICHTHYS INTERMEDIUS. sp. nov. 



PL XL 



P. 16 ; V. 1/6 ; D. 6/13; A. 3/11 ; L.L. 28; L.T. 6-10. 



Body compressed ; length of head nearly equal to the height and two and 

 a half times in the length (without caudal, which is equal in length to the 

 head); pectoral extends behind the vent, being same length as caudal, and 

 has the fourth lowest ray longest ; ventrals slightly in advance of pectorals, 

 and reach to the vent, which is behind the middle ; snout rounded, its length 

 being one-half the diameter of the orbit ; cleft of mouth very oblique ; 

 maxillaries expanded behind and twice the diameter of the orbit in length ; 

 teeth in fine villiform bands ; interorbital space equal to the orbit, prismatic, 

 with a lozenge-shaped space on each side, separated by a double elevated ridge 

 that terminates in two spines over the nostrils in front and diverges behind 

 to bound an occipital space; the upper part of the head is formed of a 

 delicate framework and membranes enclosing large cavities. 



