DESCRIPTIONS or NEW SOUTH 

 AERICAN EISHES. 



J. D. F. GILCHRIST, M.A., B.Sc, Ph.D., 

 Government Biologist to the Colonvof the Cape of Good Hope. 



The followin*:^ is a continuation of the description of new- 

 fishes procured in the course of the work of the " Picter 

 Faiire " on the South African Coast. It contains an account 

 of three new genera and four new species as follows : — 



1. TracJiicJitJiodcs spinosiis, n.g. and sp. 



2. Plt'cfiviiiiis vKicivplitlialiints, n.sp. 



3. Apogoii qiickciti, n.sp. 



4. Mclaiwcctiis rotiindatiis, n.sp. 



5. Lacuwiieiiiodcs coniprcssicaiidd, n.g. and sp. 



6. SclachopJiidiiiui ^iiciithcri, n.g. andsp. 



7. Aphorisfia varicilata, n.sp. 



1 am. BERYCIDAE. 

 TRACHICHTHODES, n.g'. 



Body ovate, compressed, covered with scales of moderate 



size regularly arranged with longitudinal striations and 



strongly ctenoid ; no scutes on abdomen ; scales of lateral 



line not enlarged. Head large with muciferous cavities 



covered by thin skin with minute pores. Mouth 



oblique ; maxillary, which is provided with a supplemental 



striated plate, extends backwards behind centre of eye. 



Villiform teeth in jaws, vomer and palatine. Angle of 



operculum and preoperculum with spines. Supra scapula 



with serrations, no distinct spine. Branchiostegals eight, with 



spines on inferior exposed surface. Suboperculum with 



serrated edge. One dorsal, ventrals with one spine and seven 



soft ravs. Four anal spines. 



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