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F1,AIFISHI':S (HICTHROSOMATA) 



LambJopstlla kilahura (ii.»i Sn 



li, (l<l-M), Spec. 1^-p., i, p. 



Laops nalaUttsis, Xorm.iri, tq 



l.-lCOl'S NAI'ALENSIS. 

 nil an.l I'cpol, \'..ii Bond.', im 



M.i 



\.U. H.St.. (lo) 



K<-p. lish. Mar. Uiol. Su 



i> P- 



Depth of body -ij to 2 J in the lengtli. length of head 5 to 5 J. l.fpper profile of head 

 and body markedly convex above and behind eyes. Diameter of eye about 3 in length 

 of head ; lower eye a little in advance of upper, which almost touches edge of head. 

 Maxillary extending to below anterior edge of eye, length a little more than 4 in that 

 of head ; teeth in narrow bands, mostly confined to blind side of jaws. 5 or 6 gill- 

 rakers on lower part of anterior arch. About 100 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 97- 

 1)1) ; origin above posterior nostril of blind side ; first two rays detached from remainder 

 of tin ; none of the rays prolonged. Anal 75-77. Pectoral of ocular side with 14 

 rays, length about li in that of head. Caudal rounded. Yellowish brown ; median 

 fins dusky towards their margins. 



Fig, 194, — Lcfops natale 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist ). Keg. \o. \qzi 

 Distribution. — Coast of Natal, 180 to 230 fathoms 

 Specimens Examined : 



Also a paratype (l 15 mm ) from Natal, i.So fins. (Guvernnient Marine Survey Coll.). 

 Readily distinguished from /, hitaharir by the deeper body, larger head, more 

 convex profile, etc. 



L.^iOPS KITAHAK.E (Smith and Pope). 



U.S. N'.it. .Mui., .\x.\i, p. 400 

 .xxMii (I), p, .!I7, hg. i65. 



■; Jordan, 

 Mag. Nat, 



l-ambilop-,clta kilalianr, Sniitli and Pope, irjulj, Pri 



Tauaka and Snyder, 1913, J. Coll. Sci. Tokv 

 I.aops kiiahara, Hubbs, 1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mu 



Hist. (10) viii, p. 601. 



Depth of body nearly 3 in the length, length of head j\ Upper profile of head 

 and body moderately convex above and behind eyes. Diameter of eye 2 J in length 

 of head ; lower eye very slightly in advance of upper, which touches edge of head. 

 .Maxillary extcnrling to a little bevond anterior margin of eye, length nearly 4 in that 



