BOTHIN^ 



183 



Off Elephant Bay, Angola, 40-53 fins. 

 Off St. Paul de Loanda, Angola, 35-36 fn 

 C. Lopez, French Congo, 32-37 fms. 

 Palermo. 



ARNOGLOSSUS CAPENSIS. Boulenger. 

 [Cape Scald-fish.] 



; capcnsis, Boulenger, 181 

 /. Ges. Jena, -xvii, p. 156 



Gilchrist, 1904, Mar. Invest. S. .\fr. 

 lii, p. 16, tig. i;. 



8, Mar. Invest. S. Afr., i, p. i ; Lampe, 1913, Denkschr. med.- 

 Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., .\xi, p. 391. 



Eggs and Larv.e. 

 ii, p. 133, pi. V, fig. 36 ; Gilchrist, 1916, Mar. Biol. Rep. S. .A.fr., 



Depth of body 2^ to 2| in the length, length of head 3§ to 4J. Snout shorter than 

 eye, diameter of which is 3^ to 4 in length of head ; eyes separated by a concave 

 scaled space, its width z^ to 3J in diameter of eye ; lower eye a little in advance of 

 upper. Maxillary extending to below anterior edge or anterior part of eye, length 

 3 to 3 J in that of head ; lower jaw 1 1 to 2 J m head. Teeth all small, scarcely 

 enlarged anteriorly. 10 to 13 gill-rakers of moderate length on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales feebly ctenoid on ocular side, mostly cycloid on blind side ; 62-66 in 

 lateral line. Dorsal g6-ioo ; anterior rays more or less free from membrane and 

 somewhat prolonged in both sexes, highest ray i| (J) or more than twice (9) in head. 

 Anal 7(>-8o. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 or 12 rays, length § to J that of head. 

 Caudal rounded. Brownish, with traces of darker markings ; a series of indistinct 

 dark spots on dorsal and anal fins. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg. No. 97. 10. 18.3. 



Distribution. — South Africa. 



Specimens Examined : 



(160 mm.). Holotvpe. 

 (16S, 170 mm.). 

 (125 mm.). 



liaise Bay. 

 Saldanha Bay. 



Gilchrist. 



Clark. 



Gilchrist. 



