202 Annals of the SoutJi African Museum. 



vertical of last ray of dorsal. Caudal nearly as long as head, forked. 

 Scales moderately large, cycloid ; 16 scutes anterior to, 9 behind 

 base of ventrals. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), silvery, shot with gold, back a 

 darker shade, venules on shoulder. 



Three specimens, two 178 mm. each in length, from Mr. Eobinson, 

 Natal ; one 159 mm. in length, procured by Pieter Faure (ss.) from 

 Inner Harbour, Durban. 



PELLONA NATALENSIS, n. sp. 



Teeth on jaws, palate, vomer, and tongue. Depth of body 2f 

 times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 3f times. 

 Snout nearly f diameter of eye, which is If times interorbital 

 width and 2f times in length of head. Ridges on occiput converge 

 very slightly posteriorly and meet anteriorly ; mouth opens on 

 superior side, lower jaw projects beyond upper ; maxillary reaches 

 to vertical of posterior nostril ; eyes large and situated high 

 up, occupying upper half of head. Dorsal profile almost straight, 

 abdominal profile convex. 



Dorsal 17 ; situated about midway between point of snout and 

 base of caudal. Pectorals f length of head. Ventrals situated just 

 in front of vertical of origin of dorsal and very small, about | dia- 

 meter of eye in length. Anal 37; commences below posterior 

 margin of dorsal, length of base 2f times in total length of body 

 excluding caudal. Caudal forked, as long as the head. Scales, 16 

 scutes anterior to and 8 posterior to ventral fins. 



One specimen, 140 mm. in length, procured by the ss. Pieter 

 Faure in shrimp trawl, 24 fms., mud, South Head Tugela River 

 N. by W. 4i miles. 



FAMILY CHIKOCENTRID^. 



CHIEOCENTRUS DORAB, Forsk. 



Teeth, a pair of long, sharp, approximating canines near centre of 

 premaxillaries, the remainder of the teeth in the upper jaw sharp 

 and straight, becoming smaller posteriorly ; lower jaw with long, 

 sharp, laterally compressed, isolated teeth, the 1st short, rising to 

 3rd and 4th, and again becoming successively shorter posteriorly 

 and more and more directed backwards, the last forming an acute 

 angle with the jaw ; a few card-like teeth on palatine bones and 



