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Bay, 40-60 fathoms, South of Cape Wiles, 
75 fathoms, Great Australian Bight west 
to the meridian of Eucla, 70-120 fathoms); 
1922, p. 101. Waite, 1923, pp. 161-163, 
fig. p. 163; 1928, p. 8. McCulloch, 1929, 
pp. 331-332; 1934, p. 75. 
Neopercis allporti Waite, 1904, p. 50. 
Parapercis naevosa Serventy, 1937, pp. 12-1 A 
and 85, pi. 2 (type locality, Western Aus- 
tralia). 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: Nine (166 to 242) New 
South Wales usnm 176847 (1), 176848 (3); 
Tasmania; Bass Strait AM 10039 (1), USNM 
179797 (3); Oyster Bay wamP251 (1). 
DIAGNOSIS: Eight canine teeth in outer row 
of lower jaw; palatine teeth absent; dorsal spines 
gradually longer posteriorly; membrane from 
spinous dorsal connected to first soft ray op- 
posite tip of last spine; dorsal spine y five; dorsal 
rays y 21; total anal rays y 18; caudal vertebrae 
y 18; no serrations on opercles. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Background brown; 
seven dark brown bars extend from dorsal fin 
down over back, the anterior four reach below 
the lateral line, the posterior three above the 
lateral line, a dark brown transverse bar on 
nape; no color markings on pelvic, pectoral, anal 
or spinous dorsal fins. 
RANGE: New South Wales; Tasmania; and 
South Australia. 
Parapercis gilliesi (Hutton) 
Figs. 1 L, 3 L, 6D 
Percis gilliesi Hutton, 1879, p. 53 (type lo- 
cality, Brighton near Dunedin); 1889, p. 
279 (New Zealand). Whitley and Phillipps, 
1939, p. 235. 
Parapercis gilliesi Hutton, 1904, p. 43. Waite, 
1911, pp. 244-245, pi. 53 (Bay of Plenty 
66-94 fathoms). Thomson and Anderton, 
1921, p. 94. Phillipps, 1927, p. 43. 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: Seven (234 to 330) 
Mayor Island DM 2019 ( 1 ) ; Caswell Sound dm 
1726 (1); Solander Island dm 2213 (3); Cape 
Campbell DM 2192 (1); between Plate and 
Whale islands dm 2535 (1). 
DIAGNOSIS: Eight canine teeth in outer row 
of lower jaw; palatine teeth absent; dorsal spines 
gradually longer posteriorly; membrane from 
spinous dorsal connected to first soft ray op- 
posite tip of last spine; dorsal spines y five; 
dorsal rays y 21; total anal rays y 18; caudal 
vertebrae y 18; opercles not serrated. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Background light cream, 
two dark gray parallel bands extend the length 
of the body, the lower band from the midbase 
of the pectoral fin to the ventral base of the 
caudal fin, the upper band from above the dorsal 
base of the pectoral fin to the mid-dorsal base 
of the caudal fin; ten dark gray unevenly spaced 
bars extend down from the mid-dorsal line, the 
most anterior over the nape, the second at the 
origin of the spinous dorsal, the third at the 
beginning of the soft dorsal; the next six from 
the soft dorsal and the last over the caudal 
peduncle; the tip of the entire dorsal fin dark 
gray; the base of the soft dorsal dark gray where 
the vertical bars meet the fin; other fins with 
no color markings. 
RANGE: New Zealand. 
Parapercis schauinslandi ( Steindachner ) 
Figs. IF, 2 F, 6E 
Percis schauinslandi Steindachner, 1900, p. 
175 (type locality, Hawaii); 1901, pp. 
496-497, pi. 3, fig. 5. 
Parapercis pterostigma Jenkins, 1901, pp 
402-403, fig. 15 (Honolulu). Bohlke, 1953, 
pp. 89-90. 
Parapercis schauinslandi Seale, 1902, pp. 15- 
16 (Hilo, Hawaii). Fowler, 1928, pp. 424- 
425. Herre, 1933, p. 11; 1934, p. 95. 
Fowler, 1938, p. 300. Wahlert, 1955, p. 
325. Gosline and Brock, I960, pp. 239-240. 
Osurus schauinslandi Jordan and Evermann, 
1903, p. 206 (Hawaiian Islands). Jenkins, 
1903, p. 505. Snyder, 1904, p, 536. Jordan 
and Seale, 1906, p. 414. Gilbert, 1905, pp. 
642-643. Jordan and Jordan, 1922, p. 79- 
Osurus schauinslandi Jordan and Evermann, 
1905, pp. 474-476, figs. 209 and 209a. 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: Thirty-one (34 to 121) 
Hawaiian Islands CNHM 47646 (2), 4237, 4238 
(2), 37088 (1); bpbm 4900 (1), 278 (1); 
snhm 8543 (2), 7689 (4); uw 4728 (2); 
usnm 177907 (3); usnm 151573 (1); 55301- 
2-3-4- 5 (5), 51672 (1), 126544 (2), 78087 
(2), 51054 (1), USNM 49701 holotype of Para- 
percis pterostigma, Jenkins. 
