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as soft dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, f length of head. Lat. 1. 60, 

 lat. tr. T V 



Colour, a red fish (the " Eooi Chor-chor " of Mossel Bay), with 

 dark marks in the centre of some of the scales in the preserved 

 state. 



Two specimens, one 146 mm. in length, from Mr. Eomer Kobin- 

 son, Natal ; the other, 93 mm. in length, procured by ss. Pieter 

 Faure by shrimp trawl, 12-19 fins., between anchorage St. John's 

 and Bluff Point. 



These seem to be immature forms of Boulenger's P. affinis, the 

 type of which is a stuffed specimen, 1 ft. 2 in. in length, from 

 Muscat, and a skin from the Cape of Good Hope, noticed under 

 P. erytlirinus by Giinther (Cat. Fish, i., pp. 474, 475) as belonging 

 probably to a new species. Boulenger notes that the molar teeth 

 are smaller than in P. erytlirinus, and Giinther that there are 

 10 rays in the anal. 



PAGELLUS LITHOGNATHUS, C. and V. 



Teeth, in 3 series on upper jaw, in 2 rows anteriorly and 

 1 posteriorly on lower jaw, the molars in the single series being 

 double the size of the others. Depth of body about equals length 

 of head and is 3 times in total length excluding caudal. Snout 

 3^ times diameter of eye, which is nearly twice in interorbital 

 width and 6f times in length of head ; snout produced, upper lip 

 thick and very protractile, maxillary reaches to vertical of anterior 

 nostril and bent with the concavity downwards and forwards ; pre- 

 orbital much narrower posteriorly, its greatest depth 2-J- times 

 diameter of eye ; 7 series of scales between preorbital and angle of 

 preoperculum ; posterior nostril elongated. 



Dorsal si 10 ; spines moderately strong, compressed ; 4th spine 

 longest, its length equal to the distance between the 3rd and 7th 

 spines and equals f length of head ; spinous portion of fin higher 

 than the soft-rayed. Pectorals nearly equal length of head and 

 reach to anal. Ventrals about ^ length of head, reaching to vent. 

 Anal iii 8 ; spines strong ; 2nd and 3rd about equal in height, about 

 f height of longest spine of dorsal and over |- height of soft rays, 

 which are a little higher than those of soft dorsal ; the last ray of 

 the anal is slightly produced beyond the preceding rays and is 

 nearly the same height as the first rays. Caudal forked. Scales 

 fairly large, ciliated. Lateral line slightly curved and runs parallel 

 to the back. Lat. 1. 46 and 5 or 6 on caudal, lat. tr. . 



