i6 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



The above specimens appear to be identical with one in the British Museum col- 

 lection from Rio de Janeiro, so that, like K. sectatrix (Linn.), this species is found on 

 both sides of the Atlantic. It differs from K. sectatrix in having a longer anal fin, with 

 13 soft-rays, longer pelvics, smaller scales above the lateral line, and a different colora- 

 tion. K. gallvei, Cunningham, from St Helena, is doubtfully distinct from K. sectatrix, 

 which has been recorded from Madeira and the Canary Islands on the eastern side of 

 the Atlantic. 



LABRIDAE 

 Julis atlantica, (Giinther). 



Coris atlantica, Giinther, 1864, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 197. 



St. 283. 13. viii. 27. Annobon Island, Gulf of Guinea. Hand line: i specimen, 250 mm. 



Hab. Cape Verde Islands ; West Africa. 



In life the body is said to be coloured a brilliant ultramarine blue, with some green 

 patches ; red about the cheeks and at base of dorsal fin. 



TRICHIURIDAE 

 Trichiurus lepturus, Linn. 



St. 274. 4. viii. 27. Off St Paul de Loanda, Angola. Large otter trawl, 64-65 m. : 2 specimens. 

 225, 960 mm. 



GOBIIDAE 

 Periophthalmus barbarus (Linn.). 



9. viii. 27. French Congo. Shore collection: 9 specimens, 65-155 mm. 



Gobius (Gobius) angolensis, sp.n. 



St. 274. 4. viii. 27. Off St Paul de Loanda, Angola. Large otter trawl, 64-65 m. : 37 specimens, 

 37-100 mm. (holotype, a male, 95 mm.). 



Body moderately compressed, depth 4 to 4J in the length, length of head 3 to 3^. 

 Breadth of head usually rather less than its depth, which is | to f of its length. Snout 

 short and obtuse, as long as or rather shorter than eye, diameter of which is 3 j to about 

 4 in length of head ; interorbital space very narrow. Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior part of eye ; no distinct canine teeth ; tongue truncate or 

 slightly bilobate. Head naked, except for 3 or 4 scales on upper part of operculum; 

 nape scaled, with a shallow median groove ; body covered with ciliated scales, 27 to 29 

 in a longitudinal series, 7 or 8 (occasionally 9) in a transverse series between second 

 dorsal and anal fins; breast scaled. Cutaneous papillae of head well developed, the 

 principal series arranged as in the accompanying diagram. Dorsal VI, I 11-12; the 

 two fins narrowly separated ; second or second and third rays of first dorsal more or 

 less prolonged and filamentous in males, as long as or longer than head ; second dorsal 

 and anal elevated. Anal 11-12. Caudal obtusely pointed, longest rays about as long 

 as head. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Length of pelvics about § the distance 

 from their base to the anal fin. Yellowish brown, with two broad dusky patches on 

 back and sides, one below each dorsal fin ; usually a black spot or vertical bar at base of 

 caudal ; first dorsal and anal dusky ; second dorsal and caudal with dark bars separated 

 by narrower pale (yellow in life) interspaces ; pectorals and pelvics dusky. 



