Fishes.

[unclear: These] are in the upper part of Upright Cases 6 to 9, at [unclear: the] north end of the First Gallery.^* One hundred and eighty seven different kinds of New Zealand Fishes have [unclear: been] described, and ninety-six of these are represented in [unclear: the] collection; very few, however, of those preserved in [unclear: spirit] are exhibited, from want of funds. The Bony [unclear: Fishes] (Teleostei) occupy the greater part of Cases 7 to 9. [unclear: In] addition, a Sword-fish (Histiophorus herscheli), [unclear: is] suspended in the Ground Floor, over Cases 13 and 14; [unclear: and a] Sun-fish (Orthagoriscus mola) over the Elephant. [unclear: Both] these fishes were caught in Dunedin Harbour. [unclear: Those] fishes in which the skeleton is cartilaginous, [unclear: Searks] and Rays (Chrondropterygii), are in Case 6.

[unclear: A specimen] of the Porbeagle Shark (Lamna cornubica) is [unclear: hung] over Case 5 on the Ground Floor; and one of the [unclear: Fox-shark], or Thresher (Alopecias vulpes), over Case 10. [unclear: A large] Sting-ray (Trygon brevicaudata) hangs against [unclear: the] north wall in the First Gallery. The Lamprey ([unclear: Geofria] chilensis), and the Hag (Bdellostoma cirrhatum), [unclear: will] be found in Upright Case 6.

[unclear: The] fishes introduced into New Zealand are in Desk [unclear: Case] 23. First Gallery. They [unclear: comprise] the Perch (Perca fiauiatilis), the Salmon-trout (Salmo trutta), and two [unclear: fine] specimens of the Trout (Salmo fario).