26 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



B. NEW ZEALAND. 



During the short stay of the Challenger in New Zealand (June 28 to July 7), only a 

 few shore fishes were collected, and these do not add to our knowledge of its fauna, 

 which has been so well worked out by the indefatigable resident naturalists of that 

 colony. Some of the species, like Halargyreus johnsoni, Coryi^liCBnoides denticulatus, 

 and Pliotichthys argenteus, might be assigned to the deep-sea series ; but they seem to 

 frequently approach the surface, as we may judge from their being so often included in 

 collections of shore fishes. 



Sebastes percoides. Rich., Port Hardy, D'Urville Island. 



Scorpcena cruenta, Sol. (dry), New Zealand. 



Trachichthys intermedius, Hector (Trans. N. Z. Inst., vol. vii. p. 245, pi. xi.). 



Station 166 ; 275 fathoms. 

 Chilodactylus macropterus, Forst., Port Hardy, D'Urville Island. 



Cyttus ahbreviatus, Hect. Station 166 ; 275 fathoms. 



Platystethus ahbreviatus, Hector, Trans. N. Z. Inst., vol. vii. p. 247, pi. xi. 



Percis colias, Forst. (= P. nyctoments, C. V.), Wellington Harbour; Port Hardy 



D'Urville Island. 

 Hemeroccetes acanihoo^hynchus, Forst., Wellington Harbour. 

 Notacantlms sexspinis, Rich, (dry), Cook's Straits. 

 Labrichthys celidota, Forst. (See Gthr., Ann. and Mag. Nat.' Hist., 1876, vol. xvii. 



p. 398), Wellington Harbour. 

 Labrichthys bothryocosmus, Rich., Port Hardy, D'Urville Island. 

 Halargyreus johnsoni, Gthr. (dry). New Zealand. 

 Pseudopthycis bacchus, Forst., Port Hardy, D'Urville Island. 

 CoryphcBnoides denticulatus, Rich, (dry), Cook's Straits. 



Pseudorhombus boops, Hect. (Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. vii. p. 249, pi. xi.). 



D. 117, A. 89, L. lat. 78. The dorsal commences above the nostrils. The height of 

 the body is two-fifths of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head nearly 

 one-fourth. Scales ciliated ; those on the head and on the anterior part of the body 

 smaller than those on the tail. Interorbital ridge very narrow and naked. No spines 

 or tubercles along the lateral line or the base of the fins. The curve of the lateral line 

 is strong, but flat above. Snout rather shorter than the eye, the diameter of which is 

 two-sevenths of the length of the head. Lower jaw scarcely prominent when the mouth 

 is shut. The maxillary extends beyond the front margin of the eye and is two-fifths of 

 the length of the head. Lower eye considerably in advance of the upper. Vertical fins 



