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Subgenus Synistius Gill 



GERRES RAPPI (Barnard) 



Xystaema rappi Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 630, fig. 21> 

 1927 (lower pharyngeal teeth) (on Gunther). 



Gerres longirostris (not Labrus longirostris Lac6pJ;de, 1803) (Rapp) Gunther, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, p. 142, pi. 24 (type locality: Cape of Good 

 Hope); Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, p. 253, 1862 (copied). — Regan, Ann. 

 Natal Gov. Mus., p. 245, 1908 (Kosi Bay). — Gilchrist and Thompson, 

 Ann. South African Mus., vol. 6, 1908-1911, p. 158 (Natal; Durban Har- 

 bour); Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, 1917 p. 352, (compiled). — Fowler, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 244 (Natal). 



Depth 2%; head 3K, width 2. Snout 3% in head; eye 3%, equals 

 snout, Iji in interorbital ; maxillary reaches opposite front eye edge, 

 expansion K of eye, length 3 in head; interorbital 2%, convex. Gill 

 rakers short, lanceolate. 



Scales 45 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 6 

 above, 12 below, 25 predorsal with premaxillary groove broadly scale- 

 less. Scales with 5 basal radiating striae; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 11, I, first ray 2)^ in head; A. Ill, 7, i, third spine 2%, first 

 ray 2%; caudal 1, forked; ventral 1%; pectoral 2% in combined head 

 and body to caudal base. 



Back pale oUve-brown, sides, below and iris silvery white. Back 

 and side above with 8 rows of scales each with dark longitudinal line. 

 Dorsals and caudal grayish, other fins whitish. 



Cape Colony, Natal. 



A.N.S.P. No. 53020. Natal. 1925. H. W. Bell Marley. Length, 195 mm. 



GERRES ARGYREUS (Schneider) 



Cichla argyrea Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 344, 1801 (type locality: Tanna 

 Island, Pacific Island). 



Sciaena argyrea (Forster) Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 344, 1801 (name 

 in synonymy). — Lichtenstein, Descript. Animal. Forster, p. 291, 1844 

 (Tanna Island). 



Gerres argyreus Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. 2, ed. 2, p. 188, 1829 (note); Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 478, 1830 (Waigiu; Strong Island). — Gunther, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 353, 1859 (Port Jackson); vol. 4, p. 363, 1862 

 (Port Jackson). — Guichenot, Notes lie Reunion, vol. 2, p. 25, 1862. — 

 Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 2, p. 6, 1865 (Samoa); No. 3, p. 7, 

 1866 (Samoa); No. 4, p. 23, 1869 (Upolu).— Jouan, M6m. Soc. Sci. Cher- 

 bourg, ser. 2, vol. 5, p. 106, 1870 (Seychelles). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. 

 bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, p. 773, 1870 (Koseir, Red Sea). — Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 4, p. 60, 1879 (Solomons). — Karoli, 

 Term^sz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol 5, p. 155, 1881 (Java; Sarangoon). — Pohl, 

 Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 9, p. 28, 1884 (Samoa). — Klunzinger, Fische 

 Roth. Meer., p. 48, pi. 5, fig. 15 (premaxillary groove), pi. 13, fig. 3, 

 1884.— Pohl, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 9, p. 28, 1884 (Samoa).— Sauvage, 

 Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 242, 1891 (Red Sea, Seychelles, Malabar, 

 Vanicolo, Waigiu, Oualan). — Saville-Kent, Great Barrier Reef, p. 369, 1893 

 (Queensland). — Weber, Siboga Exped., vol. 57, p. 272, 1913 (SaUbabu 

 Island). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 224, 1928 (Fat6, Shortland 

 Island, Bonin Islands, Funafuti). — Whitley, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 



