Drawings of New Fishes exhibited

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 22, 1889, Page 527

Exhibits.—Mr. Hudson exhibited a valuable collection of New Zealand Micro-lepidoptera, which had been described in recent papers on the subject published in the “Transactions.” Sir James Hector exhibited several drawings of fishes recently collected by Mr. Drew, of Wanganui, some of which were either rarely met with or were new additions to the fauna. Among the former was the red mullet, a valuable food-fish that was highly prized by the ancient Romans. It was first found in New Zealand by Captain Cook, and nearly a hundred years elapsed before another specimen was caught, and the speaker had only seen five or six altogether; yet it must be tolerably abundant. Among the specimens new to New Zealand waters were the following: Chilodactylus zonatus, of the Japan seas, and Duymœria sp. (D. flagelliferœ, Japan). Another fish had also been received from Captain Fairchild, which was probably the species of wrasse or Labrus described by Dr. Solander, of Cook's expedition, and which had not since been identified.