Descriptions of Fishes from the Coast of Natal. 271 



Dorsal 19, commences midway between end of snout and base of 

 caudal, upper edge concave ; anterior rays 4 to f length of head, last 

 ray prolonged to more than length of head. Pectorals about f , ven- 

 trals over -| length of head ; ventral fin inserted slightly in advance 

 of origin of dorsal. Anal 24-26 ; anterior rays 1 to f length of head, 

 posterior rays very low. Caudal deeply forked, longer than head. 

 Lat. 1. 34-36, tubes terminating posteriorly in six or eight branches. 

 Lat. tr. g. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), grey; dark above, light below. 



Two specimens, 217 mm., 320 mm. in length respectively, from 

 Mr. Rorner Robinson, Natal. 



CHANGS SALMONEUS, Forst. 



Depth of body 3| times in total length excluding caudal, length of 

 head 4f times. Snout f diameter of eye, which is 1J times in inter- 

 orbital width and 3~ times in length of head. Eyes subcutaneous ; 

 upper surface of head flat ; upper jaw overhangs lower, maxillary 

 reaches almost to vertical of anterior margin of eye ; opercle nearly 

 twice as high as broad. 



Dorsal 15, commences about midway between anterior margin of 

 eye and base of caudal, highest in front, upper margin concave, 

 2 rows of scales at its base ; longest rays nearly f length of head. 

 Pectorals pointed, f length of head, with an elongated scaly appen- 

 dage above the base. Ventrals -f length of head, inserted under 

 middle of dorsal and with a long basal scale. Anal 9, small, lower 

 margin concave, 2 rows of scales at base ; anterior rays about 

 f- height of longest ray of dorsal. Caudal deeply lobed, H times 

 length of head, with two pointed iarninas of scales at its centre. 

 Lat. 1. 87, lat. tr. f|. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), bluish on top, silvery below; 

 dorsal dark, and both it and anal and ventrals covered with minute 

 dark specks, pectorals dark and also with minute specks. 



One specimen, 291 mm. in length, from Mr. Eorner Robinson, 

 Natal. 



FAMILY SCHLEKODEEML 



BALISTES MITIS, Benn. 



Teeth, 8 on each jaw, slightly notched, the centre pair strongest 

 and pointed. Depth of body slightly less than ^ the total length 

 excluding caudal, length of head 3V times. Snout 6 times diameter 



