(This fish is also an inhabitant of Queen Charlotte's Sound,
New Zealand. - J. R.)
SALMONIDAE.
No. 48. - AULOPUS PURPURISSATUS. Richardson, Icones Piscium, p. 6, pl. 2,
f. 3. - Native name, KARDAR. "Rays, D. 19; A. 14; V. 9; P. 10."
Very rare. Caught by hook, on a rocky shore, by Mr. Sholl of Albany, 14th
July, 1841. (Mr. Niell's figure differs slightly from that of Lieutenant
Emery, published in the ICONES PISCIUM above quoted, and chiefly in the
dorsal occupying rather more space, by commencing before the ventrals,
and extending back to opposite the beginning of the anal. The anus is
under the fourteenth dorsal ray. Mr. Niell's drawing also shews a series
of six large roseate spots on the sides below the lateral line, and a
more depressed head, with a prominent arch at the orbit. - J. R.)
ESOCIDAE.
No. 22. - HEMIRAMPHUS. - Native name, IIMEN. "Guardfish" of the settlers.
"Rays, D. 16, delicate black rays; A. 15, do; P. 12; V. 6." Lower jaw
equal to the head in length. Caught by the seine, 3rd March, 1841.
Inhabits sandy bays, but approaches the shore only in summer. It is very
delicate eating.
MURAENIDAE.
No. 52. - MURAENA? vel SPHAGEBRANCHUS. - Native name KALET. The eel figure,
nat. size. Dorsal fin continuous for about three and a half inches behind
the snout to the point of the tail: its rays very delicate; anal like the
dorsal, but commencing behind the vent. One small lobe in the gills,
about the size of a pin's head; no other perceptible opening.
Caught at the mouth of Oyster Harbour, 16th August, 1841.
LOPHOBRANCHI.
No. 56. - OSTRACIAN FLAVIGASTER, Gray. Richardson, Zool. Trans. 3. p. 164,
p. 11, f. 1. - Native name, CONDE or KOODE. "Rays, D. 10; A. 9; P. 11,
etc."
This fish is not eaten by the natives, who abhor it. It is seen only in
the summer, and in shallow sandy bays, Caught in a net in October, 1841.
No 51. - MONACANTHUS. - Native name, TABADUCK. Rays, D. 28; A. 26; P. 12;
C. 12.
Very rare, scarcely ever seen by the Aborigines. Caught by hook, August,
1841.
No. 49. - MONACANTHUS. - Not known to the Aborigines. Rays, D. 32; A. 30;
C. 12; P. 11. Eye yellow; dorsal spine short.
Taken in deep water by Mr. Johnson, off the Commissariat stores, near a
sunken rock, in deep water.
No. 15. - MONACANTHUS. - Native name, CAUDIEY. "Small leather-jacket" of
the sealers.
Inhabits deep water, with a rocky bottom; is good to eat. Caught by a
net, 18th March, 1841. Dorsal spine toothed behind.
No. 31. - MONACANTHUS, or (ALEUTERES, no spinous point of the pelvis
visible in figure. - J. R.) - Native name, TABEDUCK. The "yellow
leather-jacket" of the sealers. Dorsal spine toothed. D. 33; A. 32; P.
13. Caudal rounded, its rays very strong.
Inhabits deep water in rocky places, and is very common.
