FI.A I l'ISHi;S (lll'VIKROSOMATA) 



I. L.KOl'S NIGROMACULATUS. Von Bonde. 



pi insrotmiuiliilus, Vuii Hoiiclf, 19.'.', Rep. Fish. Mar. Biol. Su 

 p. Ill, pi. ill ; \on Bomic. lo.'S, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr., xi 

 Afr. Mus.. .\xi, p. v)2 ; Norman, 1951, Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist 



V. S. Afr., ii, (1921), Spc 

 p. 289 ; Barnard, i'i::s 

 (10) viii,p. 510. 



Depth of body 2| to 2JS in the length, length of head 5 to 5J. Upper profile of head 

 and body markedly convex above and behind eyes. Diameter of eye 33 to 3 J in length 

 of head ; lower eye scarcely in advance of upper, which is separated from edge of 

 head by a space equal to :^ or J its diameter. Maxillary scarcely reaching anterior 

 edge of eye, length 3J to 4 in head ; teeth uniserial, almost entirely confined to blind 

 side of jaws. () or 7 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 102 scales in lateral 



line. Dorsal 103-106 ; origin above anterior nostril of blind side ; first two rays 

 not detached from remainder of fin ; second and third rays a little prolonged. Anal 

 83-85. Pectoral of ocular side with 14 rays, length ij to i J in that of head. Caudal 

 obtusely pointed. Brownish, with small black spots scattered irregularly over the 

 body ; outer parts of dorsal and anal fins black ; caudal blackish. 



Type. — Government Marine Survey of South Africa Collection. 



Distribution. — Off Natal coast and Dclagoa Bay, 55 to lOo fathoms. 



Specimens Examined : 



(166, 178 1 



,.). I', 



atypes. 



Xatal, 55 



Gilchrist. 



2. L.5iOPS MACROPHTHALMUS (Alcock). 



bciaiiectes macrophthalmus, Alcock, 1889, J. .■\siat. Soc. Beng., Iviii (2), p. 292, pi. .\vi, fig. 4 ; Alcock, 

 1889, Ann. .Mag. Nat. Hist., (b) iv, p. 398 ; Alcock, 1890, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (b) vi, p. 210 ; 

 Alcock, 1898, Illust. Zool. " Investigator", Fishes, pi. xxiii, fig. i. 



Scianectcs lophoptera, Alcock, 1889, J. .■\siat. Soc. Beng., Iviii (2), p. 284, pi. xvi, fig. 2. 



I.izops macrnpMhaimus, Alcock, 1899, Cat. Ind. Deep-Sea Fishes, p. 128 : Regan, 1905, J. Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, xvi, p. 329 ; Norman, 192;, Rec. Ind. Mus., xxix, p. 3S. 



I.irops lophoptera, Norman, 1927, torn, cit., p, 39. 



Depth of body 2J to 2| in the length, length of heail 3 to 33 Upper profile of head 

 and body more or less convex above and behind eye^. Diameter of eye 33 to a little 



