70 Annals of the South African Museum. 



GEN. CYPHOSUS, Lacep. 



CYPHOSUS CINERASCENS, Forsk. 

 Descr. Anim., No. GO, p. 53, 1775. 



Teeth, a single row of flat cutting teeth, their horizontal portion 

 longer than their vertical ; minute rounded teeth on vomer and 

 palatines. Depth of body 2^ times in total length excluding 

 caudal, length of head 4^ times. Snout l^y times diameter of 

 eye, which is 3 times in length of head and 1^- times in inter- 

 orbital width ; maxillary reaches to vertical of anterior margin of 

 eye ; preoperculum feebly serrated at angle, which is rounded ; 

 body oblong, compressed, a slight swelling in front of orbits ; 

 snout obtuse. 



Dorsal xi 14 ; spines flexible, increasing in length to 5th, which 

 is ^ length of head and about same length as longest soft ray. 

 Pectorals f length of head and about same length as venti'als. 

 Anal iii 13 ; 3rd spine longest, a little more than ^ length of 

 longest dorsal spine and ^ as long as longest soft ray of anal; 

 both anal and soft dorsal are covered with small scales. Caudal 

 forked. Lat. 1. 64, lat. tr. i-g- ; 17 scales between lateral line and 

 ventral, 10 between lateral line and 6th spine of dorsal. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), light olive-brown, darker above 

 than below ; a dark line between each row of scales ; fins darkish ; 

 a light band below eye. 



One specimen, 228 mm. in length, from Mr. Romer Robinson, 

 Natal. 



FAMILY TEACHINIDAE. 



GEN. LATILUS, G. & V. 



LATILUS DOLIATUS, C. & V. 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. p. 371, 1830. 



Teeth, a series of sharp-pointed teeth, with 4 canines at sym- 

 physis and a posterior canine on each side of upper jaw, and 2 

 posterior canines on each side of lower jaw. Depth of body 3? 

 times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 4 times. 

 Snout as long as eye, which is prominent, placed high in the head, 

 and is 2f times in length of head ; interorbital width |- diameter of 

 eye. Profile of head flat on top, rounded before orbits and descend- 



