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1921.] Phillipps. — Edible Fishes of New Zealand. 
22. Pseudolabrus celidotus (Forster). Spotty. 
Common in all shallow water in rocky localities. Large examples 
are sold as “ butterfish ” in Dunedin. 
Spawning season : Spring months. 
Distribution : New Zealand coasts. 
23. Verreo oxycephalus (Bleeker). Spotted Pig fish; Pakurakura. 
A common food fish, Bay of Islands. Secured up to 10 lb. near rocks 
and kelp. 
Spawning season : According to Boughley,* spawning takes place in 
New South Wales usually during the spring months. 
Distribution : Bare in Hauraki G-ulf and Bay of Plenty ; unknown 
farther south. 
24. Verreo oxycephalus var. bellis Bamsay and Ogilby. Banded Pig- 
fish ; Kotakota. 
Common in same localities as above. During my visit to Bay of 
Islands in September a number of specimens were secured off Cape Brett. 
Distribution : Becorded only from North Auckland Peninsula. 
25. Odax vittatus Bichardson. Kelp-fish. 
Secured in butterfish-nets set among kelp. Generally considered rare 
around Wellington. Mr. Griffin informs me that it is fairly common in 
Auckland. 
Distribution : Known as far south as Otago Heads. 
26. Coridodax pullus (Forster). Butter fish; Marari. 
Sold as “ greenbone ” or “ kelp-salmon ” in Dunedin. An outside 
fish secured in the vicinity of kelp around the northern coasts during 
most months of the year. 
Spawning season : I have found examples with fully developed ova 
during February and August. 
Distribution : New Zealand coasts. 
27. Caranx platessa Cuvier and Valenciennes. Trevally; Araara. 
A school fish taken when trawling from 15 to 20 fathoms. Large 
shoals, often several miles in length, are common during the summer 
around North Auckland Peninsula. 
Spawning season : End of December to February. 
Distribution : Bare south of Banks Peninsula. 
28. Decapterus koheru (Hector). Yellowtail; Koheru. 
Common around North Auckland Peninsula during the early summer 
months. I have recorded odd examples taken in Queen Charlotte Sound 
during September. 
Distribution : North Island and northern coast of South Island. 
29. Trachurus novae - zelandiae Cuvier and Valenciennes. Horse- 
mackerel ; Hature. 
Commonly taken when trawling in Hauraki Gulf during the spring. 
Vast shoals enter shallow water in Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds 
during July and August. 
Spawning season : Thomsonf has recorded the ova ripe in January. 
Distribution : New Zealand coasts. 
30. Seriola lalandi Cuvier and Valenciennes. King fish; Baku. 
Secured up to 110 lb., North Auckland Peninsula, during the summer. 
Occasionally trawled during the winter. 
Distribution : North Island and northern coasts of South Island 
(rarer farther south). 
* T. C. Roughley, Fishes of Australia and their Technology, Technological Museum, 
Sydney, Technical Education Series, No. 21, 296 pp., with 67 plates (ref. to p. 152), 1916. 
t G. M. Thomson, Notes on Sea-fishes, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 24, pp. 202-15 (ref. to 
p. 208), 1892. 
