£87 
y 
Bregmaceros punctatus GttNTHER, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 
4, vol. 17, p. 398, 1876 (Cook Strait, New Zealand). 
Auchenoceros punctatus GttNTHER, Rep. Voy. Challenger , vol. 
31, pt. 2, p. 26, pi. 3, fig. C (New Zealand). —ViAITE, Rec. 
Canterbury Mus., vol. 1, no. 1, p. 18, April 25, 1907 (reference). 
Genus Antimpra Gttnther 
Antimora GttNTHER, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 2, p. 18, 
July 1, 1878. (Type Halaporphyrus rostratus GttNTHER,’monotypic.) 
Body elongate. Snout conic, depressed, sharply keeled at sides, 
projects over mouth. Mouth rather large, lower jaw shorter than upper. 
Maxillary reaches below hind part of eye. Teeth in villiform bands in 
jaws. Vomerine teeth in small rounded patch, none on palatines. Mandibular 
barbel present. Muciferous channels on side of head well developed, cranial 
bones not solidified. Pseudobranchiae none. Branchiostegals 7. Pyloric 
coeca long, in moderate number. Scales small. Two dorsals, first of 4 or 
5 rays, scarcely separated from second fin and first ray elongate. One anal, 
with long deep median depression. Caudal truncate. Ventrals narrow, rays 
6. Vent postmedian. 
t 
Antimora australis Barnard 
Antimora australis BARNARD, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 15, 
u 
p. 499, 1925 (type locality: off Cape Point)j Ann. South African 
Mus., vol. 25, pt. 1, p. 321, June 1925 (types). 
