590 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Pisces. 



minute white spots, each encircled with a dark ring.. A dark-brown line passes 

 along each side of the snout to the eye, and the ventral keel is dark. 



Forty-eight eggs were counted in the pouch of one male, each egg having a 

 diameter of 2 mm. Another male yielded young which, though not ripe for extru- 

 sion, measured 12 mm. in length. 



This species was taken only at the Auckland Islands. I obtained specimens 

 in the dredge off Masked Island, and also took them freely among seaweed, by means 

 of the seine, in Musgrave Harbour. The largest example obtained is a male, and 

 measures 161 mm. in length. The female mentioned by Kaup measured 220 mm. 



Hab. — South America, New Zealand, Auckland Islands. 



Pam. PLEURONECTIDAE. 



Rhombosolea, Giinther, 1862. 



Rhombosolea tapirina, Giinther. 



Rhombosolea tafirina, Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, p. 459. 



A young example, too small for satisfactory descriptive purposes, was obtained 

 at Campbell Island by Messrs. Chambers and Des Barres^ and kindly handed to 

 members of the expedition. 



Many specimens (from the Auckland Islands) were examined by Giinther when 

 originally describing the species, and the members of the "Southern Cross" Ex- 

 pedition obtained examples at Campbell Island. 



Hab. — Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Auckland and Campbell Islands. 



Fam. NOTOTHENIIDAB. 

 NoTOTHENiA, Richardson, 1844. 

 Notothenia microlepidota, Hutton. 



Notoihenia microlepidota, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., viii, 1876, p. 213. N. 

 parva, Hutton, ibid., xi, 1879, p. 339. 



I obtained this species readily at the Snares by means of a hook and line. It 

 was very common in a deep gulch, and took a fish bait ravenously. Smaller examples 

 were common in rock-pools, the only other fishes there taken being Bovichtus varie- 

 gatus. 



My early efforts at the Auckland Islands were unsuccessful, and, though I threw 

 my bait into likely and unlikely places, I failed to secure a single fish. The attempts 

 of the others members of the party being similarly unavailing, we concluded that 

 the fishes had been driven away by the seals, which were very numerous in the vicinity 

 of our camp at Carnley Harbour. These conclusions, however, proved to be incor- 

 rect, for one day a member of our Maori crew brought me three examples which he 

 had caught. He took me to a tumbled mass of sunken rocks, and by means of 2 ft. 

 of line attached to a short stick dropped the bait into a crevice and drew out a 

 Notothenia. Adopting this plan, I obtained as many fishes as I required. It is doubt- 

 less the presence of seals that has driven these fishes to such seclusive habit, for on 

 two occasions, while fishing from the rocks, seals have glided close to me, and, unaware 



