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Annals of the South African Museum. 



Depth of body 2 to 2f times in total length excluding caudal ; length 

 of head 3 to 3 times. Head If to 2 times as long as broad ; snout 

 with straight or convex, or slightly concave upper profile, as long as 

 broad or a little broader than long, as long as or slightly longer than 

 postocular part of head ; eye 3i (young) to 5i times in length of 

 head, 1 (young) to 2^ times in interorbital width, less than preorbital 

 depth in adult ; mouth modei'ate, -J- to ~ width of head, extending to 

 between nostril and eye ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width 





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Fia. 127. TiZtQna melanopleura. Type of T. latifrons (Tr. Z.S., 1906). J. 



of scaly part greater than diameter of eye in adult. Gill-rakers 

 short, 8 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal xiv-xvi 10-12, last spine longest, f to over -} length of head ; 

 middle soft rays slightly produced in adult, usually as long as or a 

 little longer than head. Pectoral 1 to 1^ times as long as head, 

 extending to vent or nearly to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral 

 reaching to vent or beyond. Anal iii 9-10 ; third spine usually 

 shorter than the longest dorsal spine. Caudal truncate or feebly 

 emarginate ; caudal peduncle deeper than long. -Scales cycloid or 



very feebly denticulate, 28-30 1 3 J ; lateral lines * ^ 



