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ieng-th of head. Depth of body 2:[ in total length, length of 

 head 4^ times. Gill-openings moderately wide. Dorsal fin 

 originating on the snout, with 81 sub-equal rays measuring 

 abmit ^ length of head, Anal with 72 rays. Left pectoral fin 

 2-3 length of head ; right ^. Caudal distinct from dorsal and 

 anal, rounded, nearly as long as head. Scales moderate, 

 smooth, very thin and deciduous*; a single lateral line with 

 semi-circular curve above the pectoral, piercing about 60 

 scales. Colourless. 



Total length, 160 millimetres. 



Described from a single specimen from False Bay, one of 

 three found by Dr. Gilchrist in trawling. 



2. SOLEA BLEEKERI. 



Pegiisa imfar (non Benn.), Bleek. Versl. Akad. \c\.. 

 Amsterd. XV. 1863, p. 458. 



Eyes on the right side, upper in advance of lower. Snout 

 hooked; mouth unsymmetrical, extending to below lower 

 eye; teeth minute, on the blind side only; snout and lips with 

 short fringes. Gill-openings moderately wide. Depth of 

 body 2% times in total length, length of head 45 times. 

 Diameter of eyes about seven times in length of head, nearly 

 equal to interocular width. Dorsal and anal fins extending 

 to but distinct from the caudal, the former with 74 rays, the 

 latter with 59, longest about \ length of head. Pectorals 

 equally developed on both sides, not \ length of head. 

 Caudal ol)tusely rounded. Scales small, ctenoid on both 

 sides; lateral line single, extending straight from the head 

 to the caudal, and piercing about 100 scales. Coloured side 

 olive-brown, marbled with darker, distal half of the right 

 pectoral with a large black spot. 



Total length 174 millimetres. 



The type specimen, from the Cape of Good Hope, is pre- 

 served in the Leyden Museum. 



3. ACHIRUS CAPENSIS. 



Hetcrumxclcris capciisis, Kaup, Arch. f. Nat. 1858, p. 103. 



Eyes on the right side, upper in advance of lower. Snout 

 hooked; mouth unsymmetrical, extending to below lower 

 eye; teeth minute, on the blind side only; snout and lips with 

 ?hort fringes. Gill-openings moderately wide. Depth of 

 bodv 2% times in total length. Dorsal and anal fins ex- 

 tending to but distinct from the caudal, the former with 98 



* Whence the name " Scaldfish," which is applied to its British congener. 



