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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Lepidion natalensis, Gilchrist. 



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

 Rep. HI, p. 62; Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xxi, p. 324. 



Depth of body about 5^ in the length, length of head nearly 4. Snout i| times as 

 long as eye, diameter of which is 5 in length of head and about equal to interorbital 

 width. Maxillary extending to a little beyond middle of eye; barbel very slightly 

 longer than eye. 9 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 5+58 ;^ filamentous 

 ray if times as long as head. Anal 55. Pectoral about i| in length of head. Pelvic 

 7-rayed; not reaching vent, longest ray f length of head. About 20 pyloric caeca. 



Fig. 15. Lepidio?! natalensis. xj. 



Pinkish grey; dorsal and anal fins with deep black margins, the black area becoming 

 broader behind and covering the greater part of the posterior parts of the fins ; caudal 

 blackish ; pectorals and pelvics dusky. 



Hab. Coasts of south-east Africa. 



In the British Museum a single specimen, 408 mm. in total length. 



Lepidion lepidion (Risso). 



Gadus lepidion, Risso, 18 10, Ich. Nice, p. 118. 

 Lotta lepidion, Risso, 1826, H.N. Europe, ni, p. 218. 

 Lepidion rissoi, Swainson, 1838, N.H. Fishes etc., 1, p. 319. 

 Lepidion rubescens, Swainson, 1839, N.H. Fishes etc., 11, p. 300. 



Haloporphyrus lepidion, Giglioli, 1880, Nature, xxi, p. 202; Vinciguerra, 1883, Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 stor. nat. Genova, xvni, p. 554, pi. iii; Giinther, 1887, Deep-Sea Fish. 'Challenger', p. 91; 

 Cams, 1889-93, P^odr. Faun. Medit., u, p. 576; Goode and Bean, 1895, Ocean. Ichth., p. 370, 

 fig- 323- 

 Hab. Western Mediterranean. 

 In the British Museum a single specimen, 253 mm. in total length, from Nice. 



Lepidion eques (Giinther). 



Haloporphyrus eques, Giinther, 1887, t.c, p. 91, pi. xviii, fig. B; Holt and Caldervvood, 1895, Sci. 

 Trans. R. Dublin Soc, v (11), p. 446, pi. xxxix, figs, i, 2; Koehler, 1896, Ann. Univ. Lyon, 

 XXVI, p. 487; Liitken, 1898, Danish Ingolf Exped., u, i. Ichth. Res., p. 30, pi. iv, fig. 7. 



* Gilchrist gives 8 rays in the first dorsal, but this is probably an error. 



