WEST AFRICA 



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Genus Setarches, Johnson 

 1862, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 176. Type Setarches guentheri, Johnson. 

 Only one species of this genus occurs in the Atlantic, namely, S. guentheri, Johnson, 

 from Madeira. 



In the British Museum 3 specimens, 220-290 mm. in total length, including the type 

 of the species. 



PLATYCEPHALIDAE 



Platycephalus gruveli, Pellegrin. 



1905, Bull. Soc. zool. Fr., xxx, p. 138, pi. iii, fig. i; 1914, An?i. Inst, oceanogr. Paris, vi (4), 

 p. 81, figs. 14, 15. 

 St. 279. 10. viii. 27. Off Cape Lopez, French Congo. Large otter trawl, 58-67 m. : 2 specimens, 

 135-140 mm. 



Hab. Tropical West Africa. 



TRIGLIDAE 



Lepidotrigla cadmani, Regan. 



1915, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xv, p. 128. 



St. 272. 30. vii. 27. Off Elephant Bay, Angola. Large otter trawl, 73-91 m. : 6 specimens, 

 125-240 mm. 



St. 279. 10. viii. 27. Off Cape Lopez, French Congo. Large otter trawl, 58-67 m. : 16 specimens, 

 125-165 mm. 



Hab. Off the coasts of Angola and French Congo. 



This species was known previously only from the types, five specimens 130-170 mm. 



in total length, from Lagos. 



BOTHIDAEi 

 Eucitharus linguatula (Linn.). 



Norman, 1930, Discovery Reports, \i, p. 359. 



St. 272, St. 274, St. 279. Off Angola and French Congo. 9 specimens, 28-212 mm. 



Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafin.). 

 Norman, 1930, t.c, p. 360. 

 St. 272, St. 274, St. 279. Off Angola and French Congo. 3 specimens, 75-90 mm. 



The following additional specimens have come to light since the publication of my 

 previous report: 



St. 274. 4. viii. 27. Off St Paul de Loanda, Angola. Net (4 mm. mesh) attached to back of trawl, 

 64-65 m. : 3 specimens, 29-30 mm. 



Bothus podas (Delaroche). 

 Norman, 1930, t.c, p. 362. 

 St. 271, St. 299. Angola and Cape Verde Islands. 4 specimens, 38-73 mm. 



^ Some of the Heterosomata have been dealt with in a previous report. For the sake of completeness, 

 the species are listed again here. 



