252 C. TATE BEGAN. 



convex free edge, scaly at the base and with a series of scales 

 behind each ray ; longest rays less than h the length of head. 

 Anal III 7 ; second spine the longest, f to | the length of 

 head. Caudal truncate or slightly notched. Pectoral longer 

 than the head, extending to above the origin of anal ; ventrals 

 reaching the vent. Five or six pairs of dark longitudinal 

 stripes on each side of the body, the stripes of each pair 

 confluent posteriorly ; vertical fins dusky. 



Kosi Bay, Zululand. 



Two specimens, 260 mm. in total length. 



Allied to P. furcatus Bl. 8chn., which has III 8-10 anal 

 rays, and still more closely to P. anas Val., described and 

 figured by Sauvage in his work on the fishes of Madagascar. 

 The latter has the snout more produced, the maxillary not 

 extending beyond the vertical from the anterior edge of the 

 eye, and the dorsal commencing above the axil of the pectoral, 

 which is shorter than the head. 



Dent ex undulosus sp. v. (PI. XL.) 



Dentex rupestris (non Cnv. & Va.I.) Casteln. Poiss. Afr. 

 Austral., p. 28 (1861). 



Depth of body 2| to 3 in the length, length of head 

 3^ to 3|-. Snout 1^ to 2 as long as eye, the diameter of 

 Avhich is 3i to 5^ in the length of head ; interorbital width 

 3 to 3i in the length of head. Jaws equal anteriorly ; 

 maxillary nearly reaching the vertical from the anterior 

 edge of eye; 4 canines in the upper jaw, moderately strong, 

 the inner pair scarcely smaller than the outer; 6 canines 

 in the lower jaw, the innermost pair small. Depth of prie- 

 orbital equal to the diameter of eye (adult) or less (young) ; 

 cheek with 9 or 10 series of scales ; pra?operculum scaly ; 

 14 to 16 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. 

 Scales 57-60 j^. Dorsal XII 10 ; origin above axil of 

 pectoral ; spines of moderate strength, the third to the fifth 

 the longest, f or a little more than f the length of head ; soft 



