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groove ; profile of snout almost vertical, upper lip very slightly over- 

 hanging lower, cleft of mouth small and lateral, maxillary reaches to 

 vertical of anterior third or middle of orbits ; eyes placed high up 

 and to the front. A series of mucous pores round orbits, a row 

 along posterior and lower margins of preoperculum, and a row on 

 each side of arch of lateral line. 



Dorsal xii 21 ; commences a little behind posterior margin of 

 preoperculum and reaches to about base of caudal ; spinous and 

 soft-rayed portions about equal in height, length of head, with a 

 very slight notch between them caused by shortening of last spine 

 and first ray ; soft rays and posterior spines are slightly tuberculose 

 at their extremity. Pectorals 14 ; oval and slightly pointed, about 

 r % length of head. Ventrals i 2 ; about i length of head. Anal 

 ii 21 ; spines with a pronounced tubercle on each, extremities of 

 rays slightly tuberculose ; a minute tubercle between 1st spine and 

 anus. Caudal slightly rounded, rays split at the extremity, about 

 f length of head. Lateral line a double row of openings only visible 

 anteriorly. 



Colour, light yellowish brown or grey, with broad dark cross- 

 bands, and a dark spot on dorsal between the 3rd and 5th dorsal 

 spines over the band behind the pectorals. 



Two specimens, 68 mm. and 61 mm. in length respectively, 

 obtained by the Pieter Faure (s.) in False Bay ; the larger caught 

 in the dredge, in 9 fms., about 1 mile off Zwartklip, the smaller 

 (grey one) in the shrimp trawl, in 14 fms., about 2^ miles off Seal 

 Island. 



The species is distinguished from B. capita by the absence of the 

 transverse groove behind tentacles, ocellated spot on dorsal, &c. 



NOTE. After this paper was in print we received a copy of a 

 paper by Mr. Tate Eegan describing a collection of fishes made by 

 Dr. Warren. One of his new species (Salarias kosiensis) corresponds 

 closely to a species which we had described as new, and we substi- 

 tute his prior name. He also describes a new species of Blennius 

 (B. punctifer), specimens of which we have not yet procured : his 

 description of this species will be found on p. 141. 



ASPIDONTUS, Cuv. 



Body elongate, naked. Mouth small, with a single row of 

 immovable teeth in each jaw and a strong curved canine on each 

 side, those of the lower jaw much stronger than those of the upper. 

 Gill-opening closed beneath and reduced to a small foramen above 



