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along the lower margin and on lower part of hinder edge ; a few denticulations at angle 

 of praeopercular ridge ; upper part of operculum with two divergent ridges, terminating 

 posteriorly in thin, flat spines. Gill-rakers slender, of moderate length; 13 or 14 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Scales cycloid; about 40 in lateral line. Dorsal IX, I 10; 

 the two fins nearly contiguous ; fifth spine longest, length 2^ to 2^ in that of head. Anal 

 II 9; first spine very short, second 2f to 3I in length of head. Pectoral with 16 or 17 

 rays ; extending to above origin of anal or beyond, length | to f that of head. Pelvic I 5 ; 

 spine without serrae ; origin below or very little in advance of pectoral base. Caudal 

 peduncle about twice as long as deep. Brownish, with a number of minute dark dots 

 on back and upper parts of sides, which tend to form a dark band on either side of base 

 of dorsal fin, the two bands uniting behind to form a dark patch on upper surface of 

 caudal peduncle ; a narrow dark line on either side of base of anal fin and a narrow dark 

 vertical bar at base of caudal ; lateral line dusky ; dorsal and caudal fins with small dark 

 dots ; an indistinct blackish area on distal part of spinous dorsal ; other fins pale. 



LATILIDAE 



Latilus semifasciatus, Norman. 



193 1, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) vn, 356, fig. 3. 



St. 272. 30. vii. 27. Off Elephant Bay, Angola. Large otter trawl, 73-91 m.: i specimen, 215 mm. 



This species was known previously only from the holotype, 300 mm. in length, from 

 the Gold Coast. In life there is said to be a "lustrous blue" shade along back at base 

 of dorsal fin. Yellow is present in the neighbourhood of the mouth and orbit. 



POMADASIDAE 



Pomadasys jubelini (Cuv. and Val.). 



Pristipoma jubelini, Steindachner, 1870, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Lx (i), p. 675, pi. ii. 



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

 295-345 mm. 



St. 279. 10. viii. 27. Off Cape Lopez, French Congo. Large otter trawl, 58-67 m. : 12 specimens, 

 35-80 mm. 



Hab. Tropical West Africa. 



SCIAENIDAE 

 Otolithus macrognathus (Bleeker). 



Steindachner, 1870, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, lx (i), p. 690, pi. vii. 

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

 445, 520 mm. 



Hab. Tropical West Africa. 



Otolithus senegalensis, Cuv. and Val. 

 Steindachner, 1870, t.c, p. 687, pi. vi. 



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

 395 mm. 



Hab. Tropical West Africa. 



