New records of fishes from northeastern New Zealand

Abstract
Nine tropical and sub-tropical species of fish collected at the Poor Knights Islands (35°28'S, 174°44'E) and at Goat Island in the Hauraki Gulf (36°16'S, 174°47'E) are new records for New Zealand: Synodus hoshinonis Tanaka (Synodontidae); Parupeneus signatus (Guenther), Upeneus bensasi (Temminck and Schlegel) (Mullidae); Chromis hypsilepis (Guenther) (Pomacentridae); Thalassoma amblycephalus (Bleeker), T. lunare (L.), Anampses elegans Ogilby (Labridae); Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard) (Scaridae); and Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker) (Blenniidae). Other recent records of fishes fnm northeastern New Zealand are summarised.

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