228 Annals of the South African Museum. 



preoperculum very finely serrated, more coarsely so at angle, which 

 is rounded. 



Dorsal xii 22 ; commences above base of pectorals ; spines strong 

 and low anteriorly, rising to 5th which is f length of head ; from 5th 

 to 12th the spines are subequal ; soft portion of fin rounded and 

 slightly higher in the centre than the longest spines. Pectorals f 

 length of head. Ventrals f length of head, spine strong and about 

 f height of adjacent ray which reaches to vent. Anal iii 18 ; 2nd 

 spine strongest and same length as 3rd, which is slightly higher 

 than longest dorsal spine ; soft portion of fin similar to soft dorsal, 

 but the middle rays are about % higher. Caudal nearly truncate, f 

 length of head. Scales ciliated, cover the whole of the head ; lat. 

 1. 40, ceases below last two or three rays of soft dorsal ; lat. tr. T 7 y . 



Colour (of preserved specimen), brown ; a dark band about the 

 diameter of the eye in width behind middle of orbits, passing down- 

 wards through eye where it widens out on posterior margin, and 

 again contracting passes on to the lower margin of preoperculum ; a 

 dark band passing downwards and forwards from base of 5th and 

 6th spines of dorsal, where it is about f diameter of eye in width, to 

 opercular border above base of pectorals, where it is about twice 

 diameter of eye ; another dark band passes from its upper end along 

 base of dorsal, and in the oval space embraced by these two last- 

 mentioned bands is a much fainter band ; a dark band on border of 

 spinous and soft dorsals, with a second band running diagonally 

 through the soft dorsal meeting a large dark spot at base of caudal ; 

 a pair of dark bars across caudal ; anal with a narrow 7 dark band on 

 its outer third and a black band on the edge. 



One specimen, 110 mm. in length, from Durban Museum. 



BPHIPPUS FABEK, Brouss. 



Depth of body If times in total length excluding caudal, length of 

 head nearly 3|- times. Snout 2 times diameter of eye, which is If 

 times in interorbital space and 3f times in length of head. Upper 

 profile of head much elevated, rising rapidly from snout to dorsal 

 fin, a protuberance at anterior upper angle of orbits, the profile 

 thence to point of snout slightly concave. Least depth of preorbital 

 nearly 1^ times diameter of eye ; upper lip thick and slightly pro- 

 jecting beyond lower, cleft of mouth small, maxillary reaches to 

 vertical of anterior nostril ; preoperculum narrow, the vertical limb 

 and angle finely denticulated. 



Dorsal viii, i 20 ; 3rd, 4th, and 5th spines elongate and filiform at 



