The Fri'*hn'<ift>r Fishes <>j' South Africa. 515 



vertical of origin of aual. Ventral reaching vent or origin of anal. 

 Anal iii 8-9 ; 3rd spine as long as or a little shorter than longest 

 dorsal spine. Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle as long as or slightly 



longer than deep. Scales denticulate, 26-30 3 ~ 4 _ ; lateral lines } r i~^ 



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Colour (of preserved specimens), olive or brownish, darker above 

 than below, with or without ill-defined darker cross-bars, and with or 

 without an interrupted indistinct dark lateral band ; a dark opercular 

 spot ; sometimes a dark bar below the eye ; spinous dorsal black- 

 edged at least anteriorly; soft dorsal, anal and caudal with small 

 light and dark spots. 



One specimen, 85 mm. in length, from TJinkomaas River, Natal (Dr. 

 Gilchrist). 



Three specimens, ranging from 25-42 mm. in length, from Dry 

 Hartz River, Vryburg (Mr. J. W. Jones). 



Four specimens, ranging from 58-66 mm. in length, from Kuruman, 

 Bechuaualand. 



Five specimens, ranging from 55-71 mm. in length, from Won- 

 dergat, near Mafeking. 



Two specimens, 46 mm., 53 mm. in length respectively, from Pretoria. 



Twenty-nine specimens, ranging from 32-75 mm. in length, from 

 Zoological Gardens, Pretoria. 



Three specimens, ranging from 49-62 mm. in length, from hhbi 

 River, Transvaal (Major J. Stevenson Hamilton). 



Three specimens, ranging from 47-57 mm. in length, from Pot- 

 chefstrom, Transvaal. 



One specimen, 40 mm. in length, from Molopo River, Transvaal. 



This species is also reported from the upper tributaries of the 

 Congo (Katanga), Zululand, Lake Ngami, Rhodesia, and Mozam- 

 bique. 



HA.PLOCHROMIS DESFONTAINESII, Lacep. 



Labrti* desfontainesii, Lacep., Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, pp. 54, Itii) 

 (1802). 



Sparus ? desfontainesii, G-erv., Zool. Pal. Gvn., p. 208, pi. xlv, fig. 4 

 (1869). 



Chromic desfontainesii, S-iuv., Bull. Soc. Philom. (7), i, 1877, 

 p. 160; Vincig., Ann. Mus. G-enova, xx, 1884, p. 429 ; Holland, Rev. 

 Scientif. (4), ii, 1894, p. 418, fig. 



Hciiiichruiiiix bloyeti, Sauv., Bull. Soc. Philom. (7), viii, 1883, 

 p. 159. 



