﻿Claeke. 
  — 
  On 
  some 
  new 
  Fishes. 
  293 
  

  

  Scales 
  large, 
  ctenoiclal 
  ; 
  head, 
  cheeks, 
  gill-covers, 
  scaleless 
  ; 
  eyes, 
  large, 
  

   oval 
  ; 
  with 
  trifid 
  supra-orbital 
  tentacle 
  ; 
  nostrils 
  double, 
  one 
  close 
  in 
  front 
  

   of 
  eye, 
  simple, 
  the 
  other 
  lower 
  down, 
  tubular; 
  lips 
  fleshy; 
  profile 
  of 
  head 
  

   high, 
  but 
  round 
  ; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  round, 
  nose 
  round, 
  blunt 
  ; 
  supra-orbital 
  

   ridges 
  not 
  very 
  prominent, 
  but 
  fleshy 
  ; 
  lateral 
  line 
  prominent, 
  following 
  

   dorsal 
  profile, 
  high 
  up 
  on 
  sides, 
  and 
  terminating 
  suddenly 
  under 
  last 
  third 
  

   of 
  2nd 
  portion 
  of 
  dorsal 
  ; 
  1st 
  portion 
  of 
  dorsal, 
  very 
  low 
  ; 
  bases 
  of 
  1st 
  and 
  

   2ud 
  rays 
  close 
  together, 
  terminating 
  portion 
  of 
  membrane 
  joins 
  1st 
  ray 
  of 
  

   2nd 
  portion 
  of 
  dorsal 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  base 
  ; 
  2nd 
  portion 
  of 
  dorsal 
  high 
  

   anteriorly 
  ; 
  membrane 
  at 
  termination 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  to 
  commencement 
  of 
  

   3rd 
  portion 
  of 
  dorsal 
  ; 
  3rd 
  portion 
  of 
  dorsal 
  high 
  ; 
  belly 
  tumid 
  ; 
  body, 
  

   thick 
  fleshy, 
  sharp 
  on 
  back, 
  rounded 
  below 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Total 
  length, 
  3-35 
  inches 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  head, 
  -8 
  inch. 
  

  

  Length, 
  1st 
  part 
  dorsal, 
  -45 
  inch 
  — 
  extreme 
  height, 
  4th 
  ray, 
  -25 
  inch. 
  

  

  2nd 
  „ 
  

  

  „ 
  

  

  1-25 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  2nd 
  „ 
  

  

  •38 
  

  

  3rd 
  „ 
  

  

  M 
  

  

  •55 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  3rd 
  „ 
  

  

  •4 
  

  

  „ 
  anal. 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  1-27 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  17th 
  „ 
  

  

  ■33 
  

  

  ,, 
  caudal. 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  •45 
  ,, 
  est. 
  ht. 
  of 
  pectoral, 
  11th 
  ,, 
  

  

  •76 
  

  

  Longest 
  diameter 
  

  

  eye, 
  

  

  •2 
  „ 
  

  

  

  Shortest 
  ,, 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  1-5 
  „ 
  

  

  

  Distance 
  from 
  snout 
  to 
  ventral 
  iin, 
  '55 
  inch 
  

   ,, 
  ,, 
  ventral 
  fin 
  to 
  anal 
  fin, 
  -8 
  inch 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  end 
  of 
  anal 
  (in 
  vertical 
  with 
  end 
  of 
  dorsal) 
  to 
  beginning 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin, 
  

  

  •27 
  inch. 
  

   ,, 
  between 
  2nd 
  and 
  3rd 
  portion 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin, 
  •05 
  inch. 
  

   Ground 
  colour 
  (preserved 
  in 
  carbolic 
  solution) 
  brownish, 
  with 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  blotches 
  on 
  back, 
  surrounding 
  seven 
  light 
  patches 
  or 
  spots, 
  four 
  of 
  

   which 
  run 
  up 
  on 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  second 
  portion 
  of 
  dorsal 
  ; 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  first 
  

   portion 
  of 
  dorsal 
  very 
  dark, 
  anal 
  fin 
  greyish, 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  free 
  margin; 
  

   belly 
  grey; 
  pupil 
  of 
  eye 
  black, 
  iris 
  brown. 
  

  

  Collected 
  at 
  Jackson's 
  Bay, 
  December, 
  1874, 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  J. 
  S. 
  

   Browning, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  Acanthoclinus 
  taumaka. 
  PI. 
  XV. 
  

   B.6, 
  D.20-4, 
  P.1-17, 
  V. 
  l-2^A.9-4, 
  C.19. 
  

  

  Head 
  is 
  to 
  total 
  length 
  as 
  5 
  is 
  to 
  21. 
  

  

  Total 
  length, 
  4-3 
  inches 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  head, 
  1 
  inch 
  ; 
  depth 
  of 
  body, 
  •S 
  inch 
  

   Length 
  of 
  dorsal, 
  2-3 
  inches 
  — 
  extreme 
  height, 
  21st 
  ray, 
  -55 
  inch 
  

  

  anal, 
  1^15 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  11th 
  „ 
  ^55 
  „ 
  

  

  „ 
  pectoral, 
  '5 
  ,, 
  

  

  „ 
  ventral 
  (2nd 
  ray) 
  •GS 
  ,, 
  

  

  „ 
  caudal, 
  '& 
  ,, 
  

  

  Teeth 
  on 
  tongue, 
  vomer, 
  palatines 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  jaws. 
  

   Lateral 
  lines 
  as 
  in 
  generic 
  distinctions. 
  Head 
  small 
  and 
  pointed, 
  but 
  

   with 
  nose 
  (in 
  profile) 
  slightly 
  truncated, 
  rounded 
  above, 
  fiattish 
  below 
  ; 
  

  

  