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dji to 4 in head, slightly greater than snout in young to equal with 

 age, 1}^ to IK in interorbital ; teeth numerous, fine, inner series very 

 fine; preorbital depth K eye diameter, lower edge deeply notched, 

 exposing maxillary. Lower gill rakers 15 on first arch. 



Scales 80 to 85 in lateral line; 13 above, 22 below, 8 rows on cheek, 

 preopercle flange scaleless; predorsal scales extend forward K in eye. 

 Front lateral line tubes bifurcate. 



D. XI, 12 or 13, spines slender, fourth and fifth longest, usually 

 nearly ji head, sometimes ji, first not longer than last spine; A. Ill, 10. 



Brownish, lighter or darker, with numerous narrow blue and yellow 

 longitudinal streaks, back often with bluish, bronzy, or violaceous 

 sheen. Dorsal, anal, and ventral grayish or violaceous. Pectoral 

 axil often dark. Reaches 300 mm. (Barnard.) 



South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar. 



SPONDYLIOSOMA BLOCHn (Valencieimes) 



Sparics hrama (not Bonnaterre) Block, Naturg. Ausland. Fische, No. 5, p. 77, 

 pi. 269, 1791 (Cape of Good Hope).— Walbaum, Artedi Pise., vol. 3, p. 290, 

 1792 (on Block; part). — LACfipiiDB, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, pp. 37, 115, 

 1802 (Cape record) . 



Caniharus blochii Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 339, 1830 (type 

 locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Gxjntker, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 416, 1859 (Cape Seas, False Baj-)- — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. 

 Indie, vol. 21, pp. (49, 52)60, 1860 (Cape). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 

 p. 74, 1865 (Cape). — Lampe, Deutsche Siidpolar Exped., vol. 15, pt. 2, 

 p. 234, 1914 (Simonstown) . — Gilckrist and Tkompson, Marine Biol. Rep. 

 South Africa, No, 2, p. 94, 1914. — Gilchrist, Marine Biol. Rep. South 

 Africa, No. 3, p. 6, 1916 (egg). — Tkompson, Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, 

 No. 4, p. 84, 1918 (references). 



Caranthus hlochi Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 721, 1927 

 (Southwest Africa, Saldanha, Table, False Bays, Agulhas Bank). 



Cantharus castelnaui Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 21, pp. (50, 52) 

 59, 1860 (Cape). 



Depth 2K; head 3, profile sloping gently and nearly evenly convex. 

 Eye 3K to 5 in head, 1 to 2 in snout, 1% to 2}^ in interorbital, Ij^ to 

 little over 1 in preorbital depth; outer row of teeth considerably larger 

 than succeeding inner series; preorbital not concealing hind part of 

 maxiUary, lower edge nearly or quite straight. Lower gill rakers 

 13 or 14 on first arch. 



Scales 64 to 69 in lateral line; 9 or 10 above, 18 to 20 below, 8 or 

 9 rows on cheek and preopercle flange scaleless, predorsal scales extend 

 forward to ji or % in eye. Lateral line tubes bifurcate, especially 

 anteriorly. 



D. X, 11 or 12, spines stout, fourth or fourth and fifth longest, 3 to 

 4 in head, first ray longer than last spine; A. Ill, 10. 



Uniform gray, brownish, sometimes bronzy or bluish, variably 

 lighter or silvery below. Reaches 450 mm. (Barnard.) 



South Africa. 



