4 C. TATE EEGAN. 



oval lighter spots. An oblong, blackisli, ocellated spot neai" 

 the middle of the base of each pectoral. 



A single specimen, a young male, 210 mm. in total length, 

 from the Coast of Natal, at a depth of forty fathoms. 



Clupgea durbanensis sp. n. (PI. IV). 



Depth of body 2|- in the length, length of head S^, Snout 

 as long as eye, the diameter of which is 4 in the length of 

 head, interorbital width 3^. Lower jaw shutting within the 

 upper ; maxillary extending to below middle of eye or slightly 

 beyond ; no teeth on the palate or tongue. Gill-rakers fine, 

 long, and verj'' numerous ; lower branch of the anterior 

 branchial arch scarcely bent, the two portions meeting at a 

 very obtuse angle. Scales regularly arranged, finely striated, 

 and with the margin more or less distinctly ciliated, 43 to 

 45 in a longitudinal, 14 in a transverse series; 12 scutes 

 behind the ventral fins. Dorsal III 14, equidistant from 

 the tip of snout and from the procurrent caudal rays ; the 

 longest ray equal to the length of the base of the fin and twice 

 as long as the last ray. Anal III 17-18. Pectoral |-f the 

 length of head, extending f-|- of the distance from its base to 

 the origin of ventral, which is a little in advance of the middle 

 of the dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. A bluish humeral spot ; 

 upper edge of the dorsal fin blackish. 



Two specimens, 190 and 200 mm. in total length, from 

 Durban Bay. 



This species is nearest to the West African C. dor sal is, 

 which has more scales in a transverse series, the lower brancli 

 of the anterior branchial arch more distinctly bent, and the 

 post-orbital part of the head considerably longer than the 

 rest of the head, instead of equal to it, as in the species 

 described above. 



Merluccius capensis Casteln. 



Depth of body about 6 in the length; length of head 

 about 3^. Diameter of eye 4j-5j in the length of head. 



