6 The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [Jan. 
Bar. The species is easily recognized by its characteristic shape and by 
the strong spines with which the whole surface of the body is covered. The 
contents of the stomach were examined in an endeavour to determine the 
food of the fish, but beyond numerous grains of sand nothing could be 
recognized. 
McCulloch has identified specimens from the eastern end of Bass Strait 
and from the Great Australian Bight, obtained by the F.I.S. “ Endeavour ” 
in depths of 80 to 220 fathoms, and includes it among the deep-sea fish off 
the Australian coast. 
Cheilodactylus bizonarius Saville-Kent. (Fig. 2.) 
(Tasmanian magpie-perch.) 
1888. Chilodactylus vizonarius* Saville-Kent, Papers & Proc. Roy . 
Soc. Tasm. for 1887, pp. 47-A8. 
The specimen here figured was caught in a net at the north end of 
Kapiti Island by Messrs. Watson Bros., of Paraparaumu, and is the first 
record of the species in New Zealand waters. Its nearest allies amongst 
New Zealand fish are Cheilodactylus macropterus (the tarakihi) and 
C. douglasi (the porae). 
Fig. 2 .—Cheilodactylus bizonarius. 
The magpie-perch is taken only in limited quantities in Tasmania in 
the middle fishing-grounds of 5 to 6 fathoms depth at the mouth of the- 
Derwent Estuary, either by net or line. It is stated to be a good table 
fish. 
Germo germon (Lacepede). (Fig. 3.) 
(Long-finned albacore.) 
1800. Scomber germon Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, p. 598 
(Indian Ocean habitat). 
1802. Scomber germo Lacepede, Hist. Nat . Poiss., vol. 3, p. 1. 
1840. Scomber germo Bennett, Nar. Whaling Voyage, vol. 2, p. 278 
(Polynesian Islands habitat). 
1905. Germo germon Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 
vol. 56, pp. 761-762 (Sumatra habitat). 
* Apparently a misprint for bizonarius, since the name is stated to be given on 
account of the two complete zones of black girdling the body. The paper contains 
several other obvious misprints, and does not seem to have been revised by the- 
author. 
