Descriptions of Fislies from the Coast of Natal. 33 



GEN. LOBOTES, Cuv. 



LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS, C. and V. 



Teeth villiform, with an outer row of slightly enlarged conical 

 ones. Depth of body 2i- times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head nearly 3 times. Snout 2 T V, times diameter of eye, 

 which is 2f times in interorbital width and nearly 9 times in length 

 of head ; preoperculum strongly serrated on vertical limb with 1 or 

 2 spinate teeth at the angle which is rounded and slightly produced 

 and serrated on lower edge ; horizontal limb of preopercle entire 

 over its anterior portion ; lower jaw projects beyond upper, maxillary 

 reaches vertical of middle of orbit. Dorsal profile concave on 

 occiput ; shoulder-bone and bone above axilla serrated. 



Dorsal xii 15 ; spines strong, 6th longest and nearly | length of 

 head ; soft portion of fin higher than spinous and about ^ length of 

 head, with the posterior margin acutely rounded. Pectorals a little 

 more than ^ length of head. Ventrals -| length of head, not reach- 

 ing anus. Anal iii 11 ; 3rd spine lanceolate in shape, strongest and 

 longest, nearly ^ length of head ; soft portion of fin similar to soft 

 dorsal. Caudal rounded, nearly f length of head. Lat. 1. 45, lat. 

 tr. T 9 F . Scales on body large, head and cheeks as far as anterior 

 margin of orbits covered with small scales, snout naked ; a sheath of 

 small scales on dorsal anal and base of caudal fins, low beneath the 

 spinous dorsal and broader below the soft dorsal. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), light brown, the belly a faint 

 yellowish tint ; pectorals and ventrals whitish ; a whitish transverse 

 patch near extremity of caudal. 



One specimen, 515 mm. in length, from Tugela Eiver mouth, from 

 Mr. Eomer Eobinson, Natal, who states that the fish when fresh 

 caught is silvery like the " Kabeljaauw." 



GEN. GEEEES, Cuv. 



GEERES FILAMENTOSUS, C. and V. 



Teeth fine on both jaws. Depth of body 2| times in total length 

 excluding caudal, length of head 3 T % times. Snout slightly exceeds 

 diameter of eye, which equals interorbital width and is 3J times in 

 length of head ; maxillary extends to vertical of anterior margin of 

 eye ; preopercle entire, its angle rounded ; opercle with a blunt 

 point. 



