. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . the caudal were broken, other-wise the fish was quite perfect. The following is a description of the specimen :— B. vii; D. 246 ; A. 12 ; P. 13 ; V. 5. L. lat. 25 + 216 ; L. tr. 24 + ? Length of head, 7-1 ; depth of body, 5-1 in the length : diameter ofeye, 3-0 ; and length of snout, 4-5 in the head. The mouth is small and oblique, and the maxilla extends to below thefirst fourth of the eye ; the premaxilla forms its entire front border. Theeye is circular, and placed nearer the lower than the upper profile. Thenostril is a horizont
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . the caudal were broken, other-wise the fish was quite perfect. The following is a description of the specimen :— B. vii; D. 246 ; A. 12 ; P. 13 ; V. 5. L. lat. 25 + 216 ; L. tr. 24 + ? Length of head, 7-1 ; depth of body, 5-1 in the length : diameter ofeye, 3-0 ; and length of snout, 4-5 in the head. The mouth is small and oblique, and the maxilla extends to below thefirst fourth of the eye ; the premaxilla forms its entire front border. Theeye is circular, and placed nearer the lower than the upper profile. Thenostril is a horizontal slit, placed quite anteriorly, close above the mouth. * Parker, Trans. Inst., vol. 26, 1894. p. 223. t Clarke, Trans. Inst., vol. 29. 1897, p. 251, pi. xvi. j Hutton, Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae, 1904, p. 47. § Gtinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1890, p. 244. pi. xix, xx. || Waite, Rec. Cant. Mus., i, 1907, p. 33. t Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas., 1884, p. 142. ** Kershaw, Victorian Naturalist, vol. 26, p. 78. Trans. Inst., Vol. XLV1 Plate VI. a oo ?<1-1 H OZ •<i-l u I v. 8 8Kl -Face p. Waite.—Notes on New Zealand Fishes. 131 The gills are four in number, with a slit behind the fourth ; the gill-rakersare moderately long and flat; there are twelve on the first arch, of whicheight are on the. lower limb. Pseudobranchiae are present. The generalcontour of the fish is shown by the figure. Teeth.—The teeth are conical, somewhat separated, forming an irregularband in the upper jaw and a single series in the lower jaw ; the vomer andpalatines are toothless. Fins. —? The dorsal fin commences as a vertical continuation of theanterior profile of the head, and the first rays form a crest, which, how-ever, is broken ; the following rays are of even length, being equal to thediameter of the eye ; the posterior rays are a little shorter, and are sub-continuous with those of the caudal. The pectoral has a broad horizontalbase, the rays being, therefore, dir
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