REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALASIAN FISH FAMILY ARRIPIDIDAE (PERCOMORPHA), WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

The family Arripididae contains one genus, Arripis Jenyns, with four s pecies endemic to areas within temperate Australian and New Zealand wa ters. A. georgianus (Valenciennes), found throughout cool temperate Au stralia, is identified by having more than 27 rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch. A. truttaceus (Cuvier), found in Western and South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, has fewer than 17 rakers on th e lower limb of the first gill arch. A. trutta (Bloch & Schneider), fo und in eastern Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand, has 20-2 4 rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch and a small caudal f in whose length is equal to or less than the length of the head. A. xy labion sp. nov., found in northern New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norf olk Island and the Kermadec Islands, is identified by having 20-25 rak ers on the lower limb of the first gill arch and a large caudal fin wh ose length is longer than that of the head. A neotype is designated fo r A. trutta.