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flesh on it. I have named it in honour of Dr. A. GUnther, F.R.S., without 



whose previous labours it would have been impossible for me to have drawn 



up my " Catalogue of the New Zealand Fishes." . 



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83a. RHOMBOSOLEA LEPORINA, Gunth. pJ--<^^^'^ CM. 



PI .XL 



E. lejyorina, Giinth. " Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus.," lY., p. 460. 

 B. 5 ; D. 65 ; A. 42 ; Y. 6 ; P. 12. 



Length ^three and a half times that of the head, or twice the height of the 

 body ; snout longer than the diameter of the eye, which goes eight times into 

 the length of the head ; interorbital space less than the vertical diameter of 

 the eye ; upper lip rather longer, notched ; cutaneous fold well developed ; 

 anterior dorsal rays produced beyond the membrane, the tips bifid ; pectorals 

 rather more than half the length of the head ; the longest dorsal spine goes 

 three and a half times into the length of the head ; caudal rounded. 



Above brown, marbled with darker ; below yellowish, with small irregular 

 black spots ; dorsal with seven, and anal with four, round blackish spots. 



Bluff harbour ; Wellington, where it is known as " yellow-belly " ; found 

 also in Australia. 



83b. RHOMBOSOLEA TAPIRINA, Gunth. h^^^ ^ ^ ^'c.M. 



PI. xn. 



R. tapirina, Hect., " Cat. Col. Mus.," p. 80 ; Giinther, lY., 459. 

 B^-7 ; D. 66 ; A. 48 ; Y. 6 ; P. 9. 



Length three and a quarter times that of the head, or nearly twice the 

 height of the body ; the diameter of the eye goes seven times, and the length 

 of the snout five and three-quarter times into the length of the head ; 

 interorbital space equal to the vertical diameter of the eye ; eyes divided by a 

 narrow ridge ; upper lip deeply notched ; cutaneous fold and gill openings as 

 in Tnonopus ; upper pectoral fin about half the length of the head ; anterior 

 dorsal rays produced beyond the membrane, the tips bifid ; longest dorsal ray 

 about one-third the length of the head ; dorsal and anal terminating at a 

 distance from the caudal, which is equal to one-fourth of the least depth of the 

 tail ; caudal about one-sixth of the total. Body covered with broad, deep, 

 rounded, or quadrilateral depressions, in which the scales are imbedded. 



Brownish black, marbled with olivaceous ; below greyish. 



Wellington harbour. 



Yar. B. 



D. 62 ; A. 44 ; L. lat., 80 ; L. trans., 22/29. 

 Above brown, with red spots; below whitish, marbled with brown. A 

 fleshy lobe on the left side of the lower jaw ; scales smaller. 



