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C.ynoglossus brachycephalus, n.sp. 



(Plate XXX.) 



D. ic)/. A. 82. \'. 4. C. 9. L. 1. j^. L. tr. 14. 



Deptli of body 4 to 4], length of head 55 in length without 



• caudal. Diameter of eye 6 to 6^ in length of head. Eyes close 

 together, orbits almost touching each other, upper slightly in 



■ advance of lower, posterior margin of lower in the middle of 

 the length of the head. Greatest height of head more than its 

 length. Angle of the mouth falls under the centre of the lower 



■ eye. Rostral hook in front of the anterior margin of the upper 



• eye. Two nostrils, one on the anterior part of the interocular 

 region, the other, with rather long tube, above the lip before the 

 lower e}'e. 



There is onl)' one ^•entral fin (the left ?). It is slightly 



• attached to the anal. 



The scales are ctenoid on both sides. There are two lateral 

 lines on the left side separated b}' 14 rows of scales; no lateral 

 line on the right side. 



Colour : Body light brown with darker markings. The fins 

 are strikingly coloured, being light brown with patches of very 



■ diark brown at short intervals. A patch of dark brown occurs 

 on the caudal rays. 



Locality: 2\ miles off Umhlanga River mouth (Natal); 

 > depth, 22-26 fathoms; bottom, fine sand. 



Arnoglossus niacrolepis n.sp. 



(Plate XXXI.) 



D. ;2. A. 50. L. 1. 4;. 



Depth 2^, head a little over 3^ in length (without caudal). 

 IwOngitudinal diameter of eye 45 in head. Eyes on left side, 

 the upper slightl}' in advance of lower. Interocular space a 

 mere ridge. Jaws with a single series of small teeth; lower 

 jaw projecting beyond upper ; maxillary extends to a point be- 

 tween centre and posterior of lower eye, and is nearly equal one 

 half the length of the head. An open nostril in front of inter- 

 orbital ridge with a tubular one anterior and superior to it. Of 

 the corresponding nostrils of the right side the tubular one is 

 on the snout in the middle line in front of the upper eye and 

 the other is on the right side, is large and covered by a flap 

 which is in a line with the dorsal fin. Gill openings are wide ; 

 a flap of skin (the continuation of the opercular membrane) is 

 folded over from tlie left jaw to cover the right. 



The dorsal commences on the snout a little to the right of 

 the median line. The raj-s are divided and gradually increase 

 in length to the third from the end, which is longest and 2,-'^, in 



