66 Annals of the South African Museum. 



EPINEPHELUS ANDEBSONI. (Plate V.) 



Teeth in narrow bands, in two series on the sides of the mandible ; 

 canines feeble. Depth of body 4i times in total length, length of 

 head 3 times. Snout 4J times in length of head, diameter of eye 

 and interorbital width 6 times ; lower jaw projecting ; maxillary 

 extending beyond vertical of posterior border of eye, the width of its 

 distal extremity f diameter of eye ; serrae at angle of prasopercle 

 scarcely enlarged ; lower opercular spine nearer median and a little 

 further back than upper ; opercular flap pointed ; head nearly 

 entirely covered with cycloid scales ; maxillary naked. * Dorsal XI 

 15, originating above upper opercular spine ; third and fourth spines 

 longest, ^ length of head, last spine * length of head, longest soft 

 rays f . Pectoral J length of head ; ventral shorter. Anal III 8 ; 

 second and third spines equal, not quite length of head; longest 

 soft rays nearly length of head. Caudal rounded. Scales cycloid, 

 110 -|f ; lateral line 78. Pale purplish-brown, with large round dark 

 brown spots forming seven longitudinal series on each side ; two 

 oblique dark streaks on each side of the head, from the eye to the 

 opercle ; dorsal fin with large round dark spots. 



Total length 370 mm. 



A single specimen. 



The fish I have the pleasure of naming after Mr. Alexander 

 Anderson, of Durban, bears most resemblance to the young of 

 E. tauvina, Forsk. It differs, apart from the colouration, in the 

 narrower interorbital region, the cycloid scales, and the lesser 

 depth of the body. 



DENTEX LINEOPUNCTATUS. (Plate VI.) 



Depth of body 2^ times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Forehead slightly gibbose ; length of snout equal to diameter of eye, 

 and to interorbital width, | length of head ; least depth of praeorbital 

 f diameter of eye ; jaws equal in front, upper extending to below 

 anterior fifth of eye ; canine teeth strong ; interorbital region covered 

 with scales ; 7 series of scales on the cheek, between the suborbital 

 region and the praeopercle ; a patch of small scales on the suborbital 

 region, which is otherwise wholly naked. Dorsal XII 10, originating 

 above base of pectoral ; fourth to sixth spines longest, not quite ^ length 

 of head, second and twelfth spines as long as soft rays, |- length of 

 head. Anal III 8 ; spines very strong, second longest, longer than 

 soft rays, ^ length of head. Pectoral falciform, as long as head, 



* The gill-arches not present in the original specimen. 



