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Lepidion eques, Goode and Bean, 1895, Ocean. Ichth., p. 371; Collett, 1905, Rep. Norweg. Fish. 



Mar. -Invest., 11 (3), p. 69; Koefoed, 1926, Rep. Set. Res. 'Michael Sars' N. Atlant. Exped. 



1910, IV (i), ZooL, p. 124, fig. 50. 

 Haloporphyrtis lepidion van eques, Roule, 19 19, Res. Camp. Sci. Monaco, Lii, p. 78. 



Hab. Eastern Atlantic. 



In the British Museum several specimens, up to 350 mm. in total length, including 

 the types of the species. 



Very closely related to, or perhaps identical w^ith L. lepidion. 



Lepidion inosimae (Giinther). 



Haloporphyrus inosimae, Giinther, 1887, t.c, p. 92, pi. xx, fig. B. 



Hab. Inosima, Japan. 



In the British Museum 4 specimens, 212-305 mm. in total length — types of the 

 species. 



Lepidion capensis, Gilchrist. 



Lepidion capensis, Gilchrist, 1922, Rep. Fish. Mar. Biol. Surv. S. Afric, 11 (1921), Spec. Rep. 

 in, p. 61 ; Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mtis., xxi, p. 324, pi. xiii, fig. i. 



Hab. South Africa. 



In the British Museum 7 specimens, 310-500 mm. in total length. 



Lepidion ensiferus (Giinther). 



Haloporphyrus ensiferus, Giinther, 1887, t.c, p. 92, pi. xix, fig. A. 



Hab. Off the mouth of the Rio Plata. 



In the British Museum 4 specimens, 265-350 mm. in total length — types of the 

 species. 



Lepidion modestus (Franz). 



Haloporphyrus modestus, Franz, 1910, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Miinch., Suppl. iv, Abh. i, 

 p. 28, pi. iv, fig. 13. 



Hab. Yokohama, Japan. 



Only the type known, 340 mm. in total length. 



TRACHICHTHYIDAE 



Hoplostethus mediterraneus, Cuv. and Val. 

 Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xxi, p. 362. 

 St. J. I specimen, 165 mm. 



Hoplostethus atlanticus, Collett. 



Collett, 1889, Bull. Soc. zool. Fr., xiv, p. 306; Goode and Bean, 1895, Ocean. Ichth., p. 189. 

 St. J. 9 specimens, 210-430 mm. 



This species is readily distinguished from the preceding by the relatively smaller 

 eye, smaller scales, indistinct abdominal scutes, higher number of dorsal rays, etc. It 

 was not included by Barnard in his South African monograph. 



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