122 The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [June 
66. Ammotretis guntheri Hutton. Brill. 
Received in Wellington from Timaru and sold as 44 lemon sole.” The 
supply is small, increasing towards the end of summer. 
Spawning season : July and August. 
Distribution : South Island and Cook Strait. 
67. Ammotretis nudipinnis Waite. Turbot. 
A rare fish in each of the four chief towns. I have been informed 
that it is more common around Invercargill and Stewart Island. 
Spawning season : July and August. 
Distribution : South Island coasts ; examples have been taken as 
far north as Whangarei. 
68. Pelotretis flavilatus Waite. Lemon Sole. 
Sold as 44 brill ” in Wellington. Mr. Adams informs me that it is 
common in Dunedin markets during midsummer, when examples are 
secured off Otago Heads in about 15 fathoms. 
Spawning season : Early spring (South Island); reports received from 
North Island localities indicate the ova as ripe from July to October. 
Distribution : New Zealand coasts. 
69. Rhombosolea plebeia (Richardson). Sand-flounder; Patiki. 
One of the commonest flounders, frequenting deeper water than the 
yellow flounder ; and never found in estuaries of rivers. 
Spawning season : July and August. 
Distribution : New Zealand coasts. 
70. Rhombosolea millari Waite. Yellow Flounder; Patiki-totara. 
Found in abundance, Bay of Islands, Hauraki Gulf, and Bay of 
Plenty. It is not so commonly seen in Wellington as the sand-flounder. 
Spawning season : July and August. 
Distribution : New Zealand coasts (not so abundant south of Napier). 
71. Rhombosolea tapirina Gunther. Green-back Flounder. 
Common around Dunedin. Mr. Griffin has recorded this species in 
the Auckland markets. 
Spawning season : July and August. 
Distribution : Unknown from the vicinity of Napier, Wellington, and 
from northern parts of the South Island. 
72. Rhombosolea retiaria Hutton. Black Flounder; Patiki-mohoao. 
This species, known generally as 44 river-flounder,” is occasionally 
taken in the sea. Common in the estuaries of most large rivers, and 
often taken many miles inland. 
Distribution : I have identified examples from Lake Wairarapa,. 
Hawke Bay, and North Auckland Peninsula. 
73. Peltorhamphus novae-zeelandiae Gunther. Common Sole; Patikirori . 
At the beginning of September large numbers of small and a few 
adult examples are received in Wellington from Timaru. These have 
just spawned, and are not in as good condition as specimens arriving 
from Napier. 
Spawning season : August (off Timaru) ; September (off Napier). 
Distribution : New Zealand coasts (not common, North Auckland 
Peninsula). 
74. Chelidonichthys kumu (Lesson and Garnot). Red Gurnard; Kumu- 
kumu. 
Commonly secured by trawlers up to 40 fathoms. Abundant in 
Wellington markets, end of August until December. 
Spawning season : Roughley* gives the spawning season November 
and December. I have record of the ova being ripe in January. 
Distribution : New Zealand coasts (rarer in the south). 
* T. C. Roughley, loc . cit ., p. 185. 
