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Family MERLUCCIIDAE. 
Genus MERLUCCIUS Rafinesque, 1810. 
HUTTONICHTHYS, subgenus nov. 
Orthotype, Gadus australis Hutton (Colon. Mus. & Geol. Surv. Dept. Public, 
xviii, Cat. Fish. N.Z., Feb. 1872, pp. 45 and 115, pi. vii, fig. 72. Cook Strait, New 
Zealand) = Merluccius (Huttonichthys) australis. 
“ 155 to 165 scales in a longitudinal series ; eye 6 to 7J in head (in specimens 
of 340-350 mm) ; 10 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch ; pectoral extending to 
vent or beyond.” 
In these key-characters, Norman (Discov. Hept. xvi, 1937, p. 45), in a recent 
revision of the genus Merluccius, distinguishes the New Zealand australis from all 
other species of the genus. These distinctions entitle Gadus australis to a new sub- 
generic name. The genotypical New Zealand species, as Norman has demonstrated, 
also occurs in the Straits of Magellan. 
It may be noted here that Polydatus Gistel (Nat. Thierr. 1848, p. 105 and 
Handb. Naturges. 1850 (1847) p. 343) is a synonym of Merluccius, its genotype, 
Polydatus lucius Gistel, being a synonym of Gadus merluccius Linn4, 1758. 
Family GADIDAE. 
Genus AUCHENOCEROS, Gunther, 1889. 
AUCHENOCEROS PROVOCATOR, sp. nov. 
Auchenoceros sp. Gunther, Kept. Voy. Challenger, Zool. xxxi, 1889, Pelagic Fish, p. 27, 
pi. iii, fig. D. Pacific. 
A new name is required for the small species of Auchenoceros figured in the 
Challenger ” Report, since, as Gunther recognised, it is quite distinct from the 
Neozelanic punctatus Hutton, the type of the genus. I accordingly name it after 
H.M.S. “ Challenger.” 
Family SERRANIDAE. 
NOVANTHIAS, gen. nov. 
Neanthias Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10), vii, 1931, p. 354. Orthotype, Neanthias 
accraensis Norman. Not Neoanihias Castelnau, Proc. Lmn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii. May 1879, p. 366, 
which was araondod to Neanthias by Rye, Zool. Rec. xvi, 1879 (publ. 1881), Index p. 7. 
The above new name is necessary because Neanthias Rye, 1881 preoccupies 
Neanthias Norman, 1931. The genotype of the new genus is Novanthias accraensis 
(Norman). 
