FISHES FROM NATAL, ZULULAND, AND CAPE COLONY. 251 



opening to vent ; tail nearly twice as long as the rest of the 

 fish. Snout nearly twice as long as eye, projecting beyond 

 the mouth ; cleft of mouth about I the length of hear], 

 extending to beloAv the posterior edge of eye. Origin 

 of dorsal a little behind the end of the pectoral, which is 

 ■|- as long as the head. Uniformly brownish. 



Sixteen miles N.E. of Bird Island at a depth of 40 fathoms ; 

 bottom mud. 



A single specimen, 200 mm. in total length. 



Apogon warreni sp. ii. (PI. XLII.) 



Depth of body equal to the length of head, 2| in the length 

 of the fish. Snoiit i as long as eye, the diameter of which is 

 3-i- in the length of head ; interorbital Avidth 5 in the length 

 of head. Maxillary extending slightly beyond the vertical 

 from posterior edge of eye ; lower jaAv shorter than the upper. 

 Scales 25 "g-. Dorsal VI, I 9 ; second spine umch stronger 

 and a little longer than the third, nearly h the length of head ; 

 first branched ray the highest, f the length of head ; free edge 

 of soft dorsal straight. Anal II 8. Caudal notched. Pectoral 

 I the length of head ; ventrals extending to the anal. A dark 

 band from eye to base of pectoral ; a large dark longitudi- 

 nally expanded spot on the caudal peduncle. 



Kosi Bay, Zululand. 



A single specimen, 50 mm. in total length. 



Pomadasys taMiiophorus sj). ». (PI. XXXIX.) 



Depth of body 2} to 2^ in the length, length of head 3^ to 

 34. Snout shorter than eye, the diameter of Avhich is 3^ in 

 the length of head and nearly equal to the interorbital width. 

 Maxillary extending- to below anterior i of eye ; depth of 

 praeorbital nearly equal to the diameter of eye ; 12 gill-rakers 

 on the lower ]iart of the anterior arch. Scales 51-54 y"-^. 

 Dorsal XII 14-15, commencing above the opercular cleft ; 

 fourth spine the longest, a little more than h the length of 

 head ; soft dorsal highest anteriorly, with straight or slightly 



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