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h^. Nine or more rows of scales above lateral line to spinous 

 dorsal origin. 



m'. Scales 55 to 65 in lateral line, 

 n*. Profile steep. 



o'. Occiput and nape mostlj^ gibbous, often 

 greatly so. 

 p^ Cheek scales not extending forward below 



eye anglicus. 



p3. Cheek scales extend forward below eye. 



gibbiceps. 

 0*. Occiput and nape trenchant; body somewhat 

 triangular in shape with age__ cristiceps. 

 n*. Profile oblique; front broad, with blue band. 



laticeps. 



m*. Scales 73 in lateral line dentatus. 



e^. DuLOSPARUS, new subgenus. Third dorsal spine prolonged; 

 uniform red, spinous dorsal violet filamentosus. 



Subgenus Sparus Linnaeus 

 Front teeth in each jaw incisors. 



SPARUS GLOBICEPS (Cuvier) 



Chrysophrys glohiceps Cuvier, Hist. Nat, Poiss., vol. 6, p. 100, 1830 (type 

 locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Pappe, Synops. Edible Fish. Cape of Good 

 Hope, p. 18, 1853 (Cape). — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 21, 

 p. (50, 53)62, 1860 (Cape). — Castelnau, M6m. Poiss. Afrique Australe, 

 p. 23, 1861 (Cape; Kalk Bay). — Schultze, Abh. Deutsche Seefisch. Ver. 

 Berlin, vol. 9, p. 9, pi. 2, 1907 (after Bloch). — Gilchrist, Marine Biol. Rep. 

 South Africa, No. 2, p. 100, 1914 (habits). — Gilchrist, Marine Biol. Rep. 

 South Africa, No. 3, p. 4, fig. 1, 1916 (egg and larva). — Von Bonde, South 

 African Fisher. Marine Biol. Surv., Rep. No. 1, p. 19, 1923. 



Sparus glohiceps Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 685, fig. 23a, 

 1927 (head) (coast South and West Africa, Saldanha Bay, Table Bay, False 

 Bay, Agulhas Bank, Algoa Bay, Natal, to 40 fathoms). 



Sargus natalensis Steindachner, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 11, p. 180, 

 1861 (type locality: Port Natal). 



Sargus nigrofasciatus Regan, Ann. Natal Mus., vol. 1, p. 253, pi. 41, 1908 (type 

 locality: 16 miles northeast Bird Island, Natal, in 40 fathoms). — Clark, 

 Sci. Res. Scotia, Fishes, vol. 4, p. 396, 1915 (Cape Colony). — Gilchrist and 

 Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 359, 1917 (references). 



Depth 2)^ to 2%; head 3, profile sloping, convex, gibbous before 

 eyes. Eye 3 K to 4 K in head, 1% to 1% in snout, IK to IK in interobital, 

 little greater than to about equal to preorbital depth; each jaw with 

 4 to 6 incisors, contiguous, even median ones not markedly larger than 

 others; 4 or 5 rows of molars above, 2 or 3 below, inner row always 

 largest in young transversely oval or oblong, with age hindermost 1 

 or 2 longitudinally oval and very large; preorbital longer than deep, 

 not reaching down to mouth angle, lower edge straight in young to 

 somewhat concave with age. Gill rakers 8 or 9 on lower branch of 

 first arch. 



Scales 58 to 61 in lateral line to caudal base, 6 above, 14 to 16 below, 

 6 or 7 rows on cheek; preopercle limb and whole interorbital scaleless. 



