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and caudal fins, are covered with scales, which gives it an 
ancient type or appearance, a scaleless plate over the fore- 
head ; length two feet, a flat fish, its greatest thickness being 
one-and-three-quarters of an inch. 
Of the Fam. Scomberoides is the Puhaio, a fine fish, found 
in Queen Charlotte's Sound, it is black and red; there is a 
saying, if this fish be taken, the Hapuku is then sure to be 
caught. 
Fam. Esocidce Hemiramphus marginatus , guard-fish, heihe , 
remarkable from its having a projection of the lower jaw one 
fifth of its entire length, which is from eight to ten inches ; 
it is found in great abundance in the northern extremity of 
New Zealand, as well as in Australia, and is partially trans- 
parent like the smelt, which it also slightlyresembles in flavor. 
Of the Fam. Chimoeridce , is that singular fish the Gallor- 
hynchus antarcticus, ( Repe repe,) or elephant fish, which at- 
tains a size of fully two feet ; this is found in Cook's Straits. 
Fam. Garcharice (Mango ururoa). The sharks of this family 
attain a considerable size, and many fatal accidents are 
occasioned by them ; the great flat triangular teeth belong- 
ing to the larger ones are highly prized by the natives, who 
set an extraordinary value on them as ear ornaments, which are 
handed down from parent to child as most valuable heirlooms. 
Zygcena , (mangepare) , hammer-headed shark, a very dan- 
gerous fish, and held in great dread by the natives. 
Fam. Cestracionidce , represented by the Tuatini, whose 
teeth are set in blocks of half-a-dozen each, beginning with 
the largest and decreasing in size to the least,* it is probable 
that the Gestracion Philippi is also a visitor of the New Zea- 
land seas. 
Of the Fam. Spinaces is the Acanthias mactdatus. 
Fam. Squatinorajce, (Papaki.) — This extraordinary-looking 
fish abounds on the New Zealand shores, it is very repulsive 
in its appearance, and has little claim to the title of angel 
fish ; the natives, however, eat it, drying it the same as the 
shark. 
* The teeth of the tuatini are identical with those figured in Part 27, Fig. 
13, Buckland’s Bridgewater Treatise. 
