FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 153 

 SPARUS DUBBANENSIS (Castelnau) 



Sargus durbanensis Castelnau, Mem. Poiss. Afrique Australe, p. 18, 1861 (type 

 locality: Durban, Natal). — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South African 

 Mus., vol. 6, p. 230, 1908 (Breakwater at Durban); Ann. Durban Mus., 

 vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 359, 1917. 



Spams durbanensis Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol, 21, pt. 2, p. 688, 

 pi. 28, fig. 4, 1927 (False Bay, Agulhas Bank, Algoa Bay, Natal). 



Depth 2% to 3; head 3% to 3K, profile sloping nearly evenly convex. 

 Eye 6 to 6K in head, 2 to 2% in snout, 2% to 3 in interorbital, 1% 

 to IK in preorbital depth; 4 front incisors in each jaw, middle pair 

 much larger than others, curved, upper pair overlapping lower pair 

 when mouth closed ; upper molars in 4 or 5 series, 2 or 3 lower, hinder- 

 most ones in inner row very large; preorbital longer than deep, 

 lower edge slightly concave. Gill rakers 8 or 9 on lower branch of 

 first arch. 



Scales 59 to 61 in lateral line, 6 or 7 above, 14 to 16 below, 7 rows 

 on cheek, preopercle limb and whole of interorbital scaleless. 



D. XI, 11, third to fifth spines longest; A. Ill, 10. 



Silvery, sometimes with bluish tinge above. Fins whitish or grayish. 

 Young with 6 or 7 narrow longitudinal brownish stripes which dis- 

 appear with age. Reaches 1,000 mm. (Barnard.) 



South Africa, Natal. 



Subgenus Chrysoblephus Swainson 



Front teeth in each jaw conic canines, sometimes wearing obtuse 

 with age. Dorsal spines moderate, not produced or elongated. 



SPARUS LANIARIUS (Cuvier) 



Pagrus laniarius Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 163, 1830 (type locality: 

 Cape of Good Hope). — Pappe, Synops. edible fishes Cape of Good Hope, 

 p, 20, 1853 (east and south Cape Town). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 1, p. 467, 1859 (Cape; False Bay). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 

 p. 85, 1865 (Cape of Good Hope). — Gilchrist, Marine Biol. Rep. South 

 Africa, No. 3, p. 6, 1916 (egg). — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban 

 Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 362, 1917 (references). — Thompson, Marine Biol. 

 Rep. South Africa, No. 4, p. 88, 1918. — von Bonde, South Afric. Fisher. 

 Marine Biol. Surv., Special Rep. No. 1, p. 20, 1923. — Fowler, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 237 (Port St. John, Natal coast). — Barnard, 

 Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 694, fig. 24, 1927 (head) (Table 

 Bay, False Bay, Agulhas Bank, Algoa Bay, to 45 fathoms). 



Chrysophrys laniarius Castelnau, M6in. Poiss. Afrique Australe, p. 21, 1861 (east 

 and south coast, Table, Algoa, Simons, and Kalk Bays). 



Pagellus afer Pappe, Synops. edible fishes Cape of Good Hope, p. 20, 1853 (type 

 locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Castelnau, M6m. Poiss. Afrique Australe, 

 p. 27, 1861 (Table Bay; Algoa Bay?). 



IPagellus armatus Castelnau, Mem. Poiss. Afrique Australe, p. 27, 1861 (type 

 locality: Cape of Good Hope). 



Depth 2%; head 2%, width \%. Snout 2% in head; eye 3%; maxil- 

 lary not quite to eye, length 2% in head; 4 canines above, 6 below; 

 jaws with bands of fine teeth forward, short and biseiial posteriorly, 



