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Diplodus rondeleti Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 690, 1927 

 (Mossamedes, Saldanha Bay, False Bay, Natal, Zululand). 



Sargus capensis Smith, Illustr. Zool. South Africa, Fishes, pi. 23, fig. 2, 

 1849 (type locality: Southeast coast of South Africa). — Pappe, Synops, 

 edible fishes Cape, p. 18, 1853 (Table Ba}' and west coast). — Gunther, 

 Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 442, 1859 (type; Cape). — Bleeker, Nat. 

 Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 21, p. 52, 1860 (name). — Castelnau, M6m. 

 Poiss. Afrique Australe, p. 17, 1861 (Cape). — Gilchrist and Thompson,. 

 Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 2, p. 96, 1914 (habits.) — Gilchrist, 

 Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 3, p. 5, 1916 (egg). — Gilchrist and 

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

 Thompson, Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 4, p. 87, 1918 (references). 



Sargus rondeletii var. capensis Boxjlenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, p. 658 

 (Muscat). — ZuGMAYER, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phj's. Kl., vol. 26, 

 pt. 6, p. 11, 1913 (Oman). 



Diplodus capensis Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 39, p. 229, 1914 (Fort 

 Dauphin, Madagascar). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, 

 p. 233 (Natal). 



Depth 2}i; head Sji, width l^o- Snout 2% in head; eye 3%, 1% in 

 snout, lYs ia interorbital ; maxillary reaches opposite hind nostril, 

 expansion 2% in eye, length 3 in head; incisors 8 above, 9 below, 

 molars triserial above and below; interorbital 3, convex. Gill rakers 

 7 + 10, lanceolate. 



Scales 63 in lateral line to caudal base and 9 more on latter; 9 

 above, 18 below, 25 predorsal; 6 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. 

 Scales with 9 to 12 basal radiating striae; 85 to 92 apical denticles, 

 with 6 or 7 transverse rows of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. XII, 15, I, fifth spine 2% in head, first ray 2%; A. Ill, 13, i, 

 second spine 3, first ray 3; caudal 1, forked; ventral Iji; pectoral 3? in 

 combined head and body to caudal base. 



Brown, with broad blackish saddle on upper side of caudal peduncle. 

 Pectoral axil blackish and smaU blackish spot at fin origin. Outer 

 portions of ventrals and soft vertical fins with dusky gray. 



Mediterranean, West and South Africa, Natal, Zululand, Mada- 

 gascar, Arabia. 



A.N.S.P. No. 53021. Natal coast. H. W. Bell Marley, 1925. Length, 188 mm. 



DIPLODUS NOCT (Valenciennes) 



Sargus nod (Ehrenberg) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 51, 1830 

 (type locality: Suez). — RiJppELL, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, p. 110, 1835 

 (Suez; Tor) .— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 444, 1859 (Red 

 Sea). — Kltjnzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, p. 749, 1870 (Koseir, 

 Red Sea).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 133, pi. 32, fig. 5, 1875 (Suez; 

 Sind). — Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., p. 45, 1884. — Day, Fauna Brit. 

 India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 36, fig. 14, 1889. — Zugmayer, Abh. Bayer. Akad. 

 Wiss., math.-phys. KL, vol. 26, pt. 6, p. 11, 1913 (Mekran).— Norman, 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 22, pt. 3, No. 12, p. 380, 1927 (Kabret and Gulf 

 of Suez, Suez Canal). 



Sargus kotschyi Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. KL, 

 vol. 74, pt. 1, p. 203, 1876 (type locality: Arabian Gulf; Madagascar). 



