Descriptions of Fishes from the Coast of Natal. 87 



increasing in length from the last spine, the longest ray being 

 f length of head. Pectorals nearly f length of head. Ventrals 

 a little more than - length of head. Anal iii 12, similar to soft 

 dorsal ; 3rd spine longest, f length of longest spine of dorsal. 

 Caudal with the outer lohes slightly produced, the posterior margin 

 of fin enclosed between them being rounded in the middle. 

 Lat. 1. 27, lat. tr. f ; tubes of lateral line strongly marked and 

 radiate. Scales comparatively large, cycloid ; 2 rows of scales on 

 the cheeks, the rest of the head naked. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), uniform yellowish brown ; dorsal 

 fin with a black oval spot at the base of the membrane between 1st 

 and 2nd spines, and with a dark basal band, the upper edge of 

 which is emarginate and edged with a narrow pale yellow border, a 

 similar but narrower band occurs on the upper third of the fin, the 

 distal margin of the fin is whitish, and there is a row of 8 or 9 small 

 ocellated olive spots near the extremity of the posterior soft rays ; 

 anal with 2 longitudinal bands similar to those on the dorsal fin ; 

 caudal with curved transverse bands and reticulations ; 2 dark 

 streaks from eye to mouth on each side, a dark streak across chin 

 from one corner of the mouth to the other, 2 or 3 irregular dark 

 streaks on the cheeks ; 2 more or less indistinct dark streaks from 

 the preoperculum to the caudal, the upper one following the dorsal 

 curve ; scales dark in the centre. 



One specimen, 133 mm. in length, from Mr. Eomer Eobinson, 

 Natal. 



FAMILY GADIDAE. 



GEN. BREGMACEROS, Thomps. 



BREGMACEROS MACCLELLANDI, Thomps. 

 Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 184, fig., 1840. 



Teeth minute on both jaws, a few on vomer. Depth of body 

 7 times in total length excluding caudal, length of head about 

 6 times. Body fusiform, compressed posteriorly ; snout equals 

 interorbital width, 4 times in length of head ; eye 3| times in 

 length of head ; upper jaw slightly the longer, extending to behind 

 vertical of centre of eye. 



Dorsal i, 16+ x +15 ; 1st dorsal rises on the occiput in the form 

 of a single slender ray, which is slightly longer than the head and 



