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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 hrachyoptera, Hutton. (Cat., p. 27.) PI. XV. 



44. Gohius amiciencis, 0. & Y. (Cat., p. 29.) 



Carteret harbour is not in ]N'ew Zealand but in New Ireland ; this fish 

 should, therefore, be struck out of our list. 



45. meotris gohioides, C. & V. (Cat., p. 29.) PL XY. 



45a. ELEOTRIS RADIATA. Quoy. CM. 



PL IX. 



E. radiata, C. & Y., "Hist. Nat. des Poissons," XII., 250. 

 D. 6|1-; A.-|; L. Lat., 30? 



Length three times that of the head, or six times the height of the body j 

 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." 



Yalenciennes gives the following description of the colours of the ^ecimen 

 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 j the second dorsal with three less marked, the anal with 

 oue. The caudal with many vertical brown lines ; at the base of the pectorals 

 a blackish straight line. 



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47. TryjyterygiuTn nigripenne, C. & Y. (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 T. forsteri ; but the fins were 



D. 4_5 I 17_20 I 13-14; A. 21-25, 

 others were quite black, and others were of the typical colour. I am of 

 opinion that T. forsteH, T. fenestratum, and T. varmm, are only accidental 

 varieties of T. nigripenne. 



51. Try pterygium compressv/m, Hutton. (Cat., p. 32.) PL XY. 



