76 Annals of the Sonth, African Musewft. 



LEPIDOTRIGLA NATALENSIS, n. sp. 



Teeth in villiform bands on jaws and vomer. Depth of body 

 SjL times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 3^ times. 

 Snout elongate, upper profile straight, 1| times diameter of eye, 

 which is 3f times in length of head and 1^ times interorbital width ; 

 space between orbits concave, superciliary ridges strong with 2 

 inconspicuous spines at supero-anterior angle of orbits and with 

 a short deep groove behind each orbit ; preorbital flattened, truncated 

 anteriorly and armed with a row of strong spines on the margin ; 

 preoperculum radiated and striated, with a small flat inconspicuous 

 spine at the angle ; operculum radiated and striated, with a strong 

 spine ; a strong humeral ridge ending in a spine ; suprascapula 

 serrated on its upper margin, with a prominent ridge ending in 

 a strong spine, and with a short detached ridge between it and 

 the orbit ; maxillary reaches to vertical of anterior margin of eye. 



Dorsal ix 17, first 3 spines serrated anteriorly ; 3rd spine longest, 

 f length of head and equal to the distance between point of snout 

 and posterior margin of eye. Pectorals 11 + 3, 1^ times length of 

 head, reaching to vertical from 5th anal ray. Ventrals -J length 

 of head. Anal 15, situated below soft dorsal, of equal length but 

 lower. Caudal emarginate, T 7 n length of head. Scales cycloid, large. 

 Twenty-four prominent spines along base of dorsal fin. Lat. 1. 58, 

 with radiating tubes but no armature, the scales larger than on rest 



of the body. Lat. tr. g. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), uniform grey ; pectorals dark 

 underneath. 



One specimen, 130 mm. in length, procured by the Cape Govern- 

 ment trawler P. Faiire (s.) off the Natal coast, in 40 fms. ; Tugela 

 Eivev mouth N. by W. JW. 16 miles. 



GEN. TRIGLA, L. 



TRIGLA NATALENSIS, n. sp. 



Teeth in villiform bands on jaws and vomer. Depth of body 

 5^ times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 3^ times. 

 Snout elongate, slightly concave, lj?- times diameter of eye, which is 

 3^ times in length of head and nearly twice the interorbital width, 

 the space between the orbits concave ; preorbital obtuse anteriorly, 

 granulated and striated, with a ridge across to the preopercular 

 angle which ends in a short spine ; opercular spine feeble ; a strong 



