DESdlMI'TIONS OF NEW SOUTH 

 AFRICAN FISHES. 



BV 



J. D. F. GILCHRIST. M.A., B.Sc. Ph.D., 

 Government Biologist to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 



The following- is a continuation of the description of new 

 fishes procured on the South African Coast. It includes one 

 new genus and seventeen new species, one of which may be a 

 new genus, as follows : — 



1. Serranus knysnaensis, n.sp. (Scrraniddc). 



2. Pterois nigripinnis, n.sp. {Triglidae). 



3. Histiopterus spinifer, n.sp. (Squamipinnes). 



4. Lampris immaculata, n.sp. {Lampridae). 



5. Cyttosoma boops, n.g. and sp. (Cyttidae). 



6. Cottunculus macrocephalus, n.sp. {Cotiidae). 



7. Pseudorhombus natalensis, n.sp. {P leuronectidae). 



8. Pseudorhombus ( ?) andersoni, n.sp. {P leuronectidae). 



9. Platophrys dimorphus, n.sp. {P leuronectidae). 



10. Solea turbynei, n.sp. {P leuronectidae). 



11. Cynoglossus attenuatus, n.sp. {P leuronectidae). 



12. Cynoglossus brachycephalus, n.sp. {P leuronectidae). 

 1 5. Arnoglossus macrolepis, n.sp. {P leuronectidae). 



14. Synaptura melanoptera, n.sp. {P leuronectidae). 



15. Solea fulvo-marginata, n.sp. (P leuronectidae). 



16. Synaptura ciliata, n.sp. {Plcuronectidae). 



ly. Chlorophthalmus punctatus, n.sp. {Scopclidae). 

 18. Scopelus argenteus, n.sp. (Scopelidac). 



