The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66
Sub-class Teleostei (Bony fishes). — Order Acanthopterygii
Sub-class Teleostei (Bony fishes).
Order Acanthopterygii.
Family
Percidæ.
*1. | Oligorus gigas, Owen. ( Maori name, Hapuka; Colonists' name, Groper.) |
2. | Therapon (?) rubiginosus, Hutton. |
Family
Sparidæ.
*3. | Pagrus unicolor, Quoy & Gaim. ( Colonists' name, Snapper.) |
*4. | Haplodactylus meandratus, Banks & Sol. ( Colonists' name, Granite Trout.) |
Family
Cirrhitidæ.
*5. | Chilodactylus macropterus, Forst. ( Maori name, Tarakihi.) |
*6. | Latris hecateia, Rich. ( Colonists' name, Trumpeter.) |
*7. | Latris ciliaris, Forst. ( Maori name, Moki.) |
Family
Scorpænidæ.
*8. | Sebastes percoides, Sol. (Sca-perch.) |
9. | Agriopus leucopæcilus, Rich. ( Colonists' name, Pig-fish.) |
Family
Trichiuridæ.
*10. | Lepidopus caudatus, Euph. ( Colonists' name, Frost-fish.) This fish "is most commonly found cast up after cold, frosty nights, on sandy beaches that are exposed to the long roll of ocean swell, and is not in this country obtained by any kind of fishing."—( Hector.) |
*11. | Thyrsites atun, Euph. ( Colonists' name, Barracoota.) |
12. | Thyrsites prometheoïdes, Bleeker. |
Family
Trachinidæ.
*13. | Kathetostoma monopterygium, Bleeker. ( Colonists name, Cat-fish.) |
14. | Kathetostoma giganteum, Haast. |
*15. | Leptoscopus macropygus, Rich. |
16. | Bovichthys variegatus, Rich. |
17. | Percis colias, Forst. ( Colonists' name, Blue Cod.) |
*18. | Notothenia maoriensis, Haast. ( Colonists' name, Maori Chief.) |
*19. | Notothenia angustata, Hutton. ( Colonists' name, Black Cod.) |
*20. | Notothenia microlepidota, Hutton. ( Colonists' name, Black Cod.) |
Family
Psychrolutidæ.
21. | Neophrynichthys latus, Hutton. ( Colonists' name, Toad-fish.) The genus Neophrynichthys is found only in New Zealand. |
Family
Cottidæ.
*22. | Trigla kumu, Less. & Garn. (Gurnard.) |
Family
Blenniidæ (Blennies).
23. | Trypterygium compressum, Hutton. |