48 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Coryphaenoides (Oxygadus) braueri, Barnard. 

 Barnard, t.c, p. 342, pi. xiii, fig. 5. 

 St. J. 12 specimens, 220-405 mm. (the largest example has the tail broken). 



Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe). 

 Barnard, t.c, p. 344. 

 St. B. 4 specimens, 510-660 mm. (three of the examples have the tail damaged). 



Lionurus leonis, Barnard. 



Barnard, t.c, p. 349, pi. xiii, fig. 6. 

 St. O. I specimen, 360 mm. 



Lionurus sp. 



St. J. I specimen, 245 mm. 



MERLUCCIIDAE 



Merluccius capensis, Casteln. 



Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xxi, p. 320, pi. xii, fig. 5. 

 St. B. I specimen, 173 mm. 

 St. C. 3 specimens, 405-530 mm. 

 St. P. 5 specimens, 640-850 mm. 



Barnard notes that "there still seems room for doubt as to whether the Cape Hake 

 is really distinct from the northern Atlantic M. vtilgaris". I have carefully compared 

 examples of both species, and find that, in addition to the somewhat larger scales, the 

 Cape form may be readily distinguished by the larger eye, greater number of gill-rakers 

 (13 or 14 instead of 7 or 8), and longer pectoral fin. 



GADIDAE 

 Lepidion capensis, Gilchrist. 



Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xxi, p. 324, pi. xiii, fig. i. 

 St. J. 6 specimens, 310-500 mm. 



Lepidion natalensis, Gilchrist. 

 Barnard, t.c, p. 324. 

 St. J. I specimen, 408 mm. 



A Synopsis of the Species of Lepidion 



In order to satisfy myself as to the systematic position and nomenclature of the two 

 species found at the Cape, I have been led to examine all the specimens of this genus 

 in the British Museum collection, and have prepared a brief synopsis of the group. 



Genus Lepidion^ 



Lepidion, Swainson, 1838, N.H. Fishes etc, i, p. 318. Type Gadus lepidion, Risso. 

 Haloporphyrus, Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 358. Type Gadus lepidion, Risso. 



^ According to the International Rules, this is not invalidated by Lepidia, Savigny — a genus of worms. 



