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  Transactions, 
  — 
  Zoology, 
  

  

  sides 
  very 
  flat 
  ; 
  tail 
  compressed 
  flat 
  ; 
  caudal 
  fin 
  large, 
  rounded 
  ; 
  eyes 
  

   round; 
  lips 
  very 
  thick 
  and 
  fleshy; 
  cheeks 
  fleshy; 
  head, 
  cheeks, 
  gill-covers 
  

   and 
  throat, 
  scaleless; 
  body, 
  sides 
  and 
  belly 
  covered 
  with 
  small, 
  smooth, 
  

   close-set 
  scales 
  ; 
  fins 
  thick 
  ; 
  terminating 
  membranes 
  of 
  spinous 
  rays 
  of 
  

   dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  fins 
  slightly 
  produced 
  in 
  fleshy 
  appendages; 
  pectorals 
  

   small, 
  round 
  ; 
  no 
  simple 
  rays 
  to 
  pectorals 
  ; 
  anal 
  with 
  one 
  spine 
  and 
  two 
  

   rays 
  only. 
  

  

  Ground 
  colour, 
  brownish-grey, 
  mottled 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  fins 
  

   with 
  large 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  rayed 
  portion; 
  base 
  of 
  spinous 
  portion 
  of 
  dorsal 
  

   with 
  irregular 
  blackish 
  bands, 
  and 
  both 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  margined 
  with 
  

   black 
  ; 
  summits 
  of 
  spinous 
  appendages 
  pink, 
  with 
  lower 
  membrane 
  imma- 
  

   culate 
  ; 
  two 
  black 
  streaks 
  on 
  cheeks. 
  

  

  Collected 
  and 
  presented 
  (with 
  5 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species) 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J, 
  N. 
  

   Smyth, 
  Jackson's 
  Bay, 
  December, 
  1874. 
  

  

  Lepidojous 
  elongatus. 
  PI. 
  XIY. 
  

   B.6, 
  D.155, 
  P.12, 
  ^.{^^^,^,^^}, 
  A.25, 
  C.18. 
  

   Total 
  length, 
  27"6 
  inches 
  ; 
  greatest 
  depth, 
  -7 
  inch 
  ; 
  width 
  (at 
  vent), 
  -2 
  inch; 
  vent, 
  

   9"6 
  inches 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  ; 
  6'5 
  inches 
  from 
  end 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  diameter 
  of 
  eye, 
  -5 
  inch. 
  

  

  Body 
  scaleless, 
  but 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  delicate, 
  deciduous, 
  silvery 
  j)igment, 
  

   adhering 
  to 
  fingers 
  on 
  handling; 
  length 
  of 
  gape 
  1 
  in.; 
  body 
  long, 
  narrow, 
  

   and 
  compressed 
  ; 
  cheeks 
  flat 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  long 
  and 
  low, 
  extends 
  from 
  top 
  of 
  

   head 
  above 
  gill-opening 
  to 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  ; 
  extreme 
  

   height, 
  near 
  termination, 
  almost 
  equals 
  half 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  body; 
  pectoral 
  fins 
  

   with 
  lower 
  rays 
  longest, 
  length 
  1 
  in. 
  ; 
  ventral 
  fins, 
  minute 
  rudimentary, 
  

   placed 
  in 
  vertical 
  with 
  posterior 
  termination 
  base 
  of 
  pectorals 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  

   anal 
  4-5 
  in., 
  equals 
  height 
  of 
  dorsal 
  and 
  terminates 
  in 
  vertical 
  with 
  end 
  

   of 
  same 
  ; 
  caudal 
  fin 
  deeply 
  forked 
  ; 
  tail, 
  before 
  commencement 
  of 
  caudal, 
  

   very 
  slender 
  and 
  slightly 
  carinated 
  ; 
  nostrils 
  situate 
  -2 
  in. 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  orbit, 
  

   simple 
  and 
  single 
  ; 
  gill-openings 
  large 
  ; 
  mouth 
  large, 
  giJ^e 
  extends 
  to 
  under 
  

   nostril 
  ; 
  teeth 
  in 
  single 
  row 
  (eight 
  in 
  number) 
  on 
  each 
  intermaxillary 
  bone 
  

   (lancet-shaped 
  and 
  inclined 
  slightly 
  forwards), 
  five 
  long 
  recurved 
  fangs 
  at 
  

   extreme 
  end 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw, 
  two 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  symphysis 
  ; 
  on 
  

   lower 
  jaws, 
  single 
  row 
  of 
  incurved 
  lancet-shaped 
  teeth 
  (eleven 
  in 
  number 
  on 
  

   each 
  side) 
  with 
  two 
  small 
  recurved 
  fangs 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  jaw 
  ; 
  no 
  teeth 
  on 
  tongue 
  

   palate 
  or 
  vomer 
  ; 
  pharyngeal 
  teeth 
  very 
  fine, 
  brush-like 
  ; 
  lower 
  jaw 
  (at 
  

   symphysis) 
  produced 
  in 
  a 
  strong 
  conical 
  point, 
  or 
  quasi-barbel, 
  '5 
  in. 
  in 
  

   length 
  ; 
  lateral 
  line 
  strongly 
  but 
  evenly 
  marked 
  — 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Colour, 
  a 
  uniform 
  bright 
  metalhc 
  silver 
  ; 
  fins, 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  caudal 
  with 
  

   pinkish 
  hue. 
  

  

  Collected 
  by 
  self, 
  Hokitika 
  beach, 
  12th 
  October, 
  1874, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  

   perfect 
  specimen 
  of 
  some 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  which 
  have 
  come 
  under 
  my 
  observa' 
  

  

  