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D. XII, 10, 1, tliird spine 1 in head, fifth ray 2%; A. Ill, 9, i, second 

 spine 2%, first ray 2%; caudal 1, deeply emarginate; ventral 1%; pec- 

 toral 2^2 in combined head and body to caudal base. 



Pale uniform brown. Brown bar across front of interorbital. 



Natal, South Africa, Australia, Victoria. 



Pagrus filamentosus Valenciennes seems to differ in having much 

 larger scales on the cheek, but five rows to the preopercle angle. 



A. N. S. P. No. 53032. Natal coast in 30 fathoms. H. W. Bell Marley, 1925. 

 Length, 263 mm. Type of Sparus lophus. 



SPARUS CRISTICEPS (Cuvier) 



Chrysophrys crisliceps Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 132, 1830 (type locality : 

 Cape of Good Hope). — Pappe, Synops. edible fishes Cape, p. 19, 1853 

 (Table Bay at Roman Rock). — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 

 21, p. (50, 52), 60, 1860 (Cape of Good Hope). — Castelnau, M6m. Poiss. 

 Afrique Australe, p. 22, 1861 (Simons Bay, Roman Rock, Table Bay, Cape 

 of Good Hope). 



Pagrus crisliceps Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 700, pi. 29, 

 fig. 1, 1927 (Table Bay, False Bay, Agulhas Bank, Algoa Bay, Natal, 50 

 fathoms) . 



Chrysophrys laticeps (not Cuvier) Pappe, Synops. edible fishes Cape, ed. 2, p. 13, 

 1866. — Gilchrist and Thompson, Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 2, 

 p. 101, 1914.— Thompson, Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 4, p. 93, 1918. 



Chrysophrys puniceus Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 6, 

 p. 173, 1908-1911 (type locality: Natal); Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt, 4, 

 p. 362, 1917. — VON BoNDE, South Afric. Fisher. Marine Biol. Surv., Special 

 Rep. No. 1, p. 19, 1923. 



Depth not quite 2 with age, 2K in young; head 2% to 3%, profile 

 elevated, steeply sloping, sharp ridge from forehead to dorsal origin. 

 Eye 3% to 5% in head, Iji to 2% in snout, 1 to 2 in interorbital, 1 to 1% 

 in preorbital depth; lips thick, fleshy, with age largely conceal teeth; 

 4 upper canines, 4 to 6 lower; outermost molars largest, 3 inner rows 

 in upper, 2 in lower jaws and no molars enlarged even with age; 

 interorbital strongly convex; preorbital longer than deep in young, 

 deep as long with age, reaches almost mouth angle, lower edge 

 straight. Gill rakers 10 on lower branch of first arch. 



Scales 59 to 61 in lateral line; 9 or 10 above, 19 to 21 below, 10 rows 

 on cheek and preopercle limb scaly. 



D. XII, 10, fourth spine longest; A. Ill, 8, second and third spines 

 subequal. 



Eose-red, deeper and more crimson tinge above. Scales marked 

 with golden and bluish reflections. Lower edge of orbit and hind 

 opercle edge bluish, dark in preserved specimens. Usually dark spot 

 in pectoral axil and another at base of last dorsal ray. Fins rosy. 

 Reaches 600 mm. (Barnard.) 



South Africa, Natal. 



