XIV. FISHES, 

Tn the following provisional list, the arrangement 
adopted in the list of New Zealand Fishes in Dieffen- 
bach’s work,* Vol II., p. 206, has been adhered to, 
but in all cases where the species has been identified 
with one described in Dr. Giinther’s Cataloguet of 
Fishes, the nomenclature has been modified accordingly. 
All species not represented in the Museum Collec- 
tion, either by specimens or drawings, are distinguished 
by an asterisk, and the letter D or G to indicate which 
of the above works is the authority for the occurrence 
of that particular Fish in New Zealand. Obvious 
synonyms have been rejected. 
The number of species given in the list is 138, of 
which 105 are in the Collection, Of these, 90 species 
belong to the Acanthopterygia, while in Dr. Giin- 
ther’s Catalogue only 61 species belonging to that order 
are mentioned as having been found in the New Zea- 
land seas. As Dieffenbach’s List enumerates 92 
species, and Giinther mentions upwards of 250 species 
as occurring on the Australian and Tasmanian coasts, 
it may be presumed that the number of species will be 
still further increased, 

I.—CARTILAGINOUS. 
Cyctostomata, Suckers. 
1 Amphioxus lanceolatus. Lancelet, Poverty Bay. 
2 Myxine glutinosa. Hag. Common. 
3 Hiptatrema dombeyii. Lamprey. In rivers. 


* «*Dieffenbach’s New Zealand,” 2 Vols. 1843. 
+ “Catalogue of the Acanthopterygian Wishes in the 
British Museum,” Vols. I. to VII. 8vo. 1859—68. See also 
for figures and description of Fishes of New Zealand, 
*“Richardson’s Ichthyology of the Voyage of H. M.S. 8. 
Erebus and Terror.” 4to. 1846. 
