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3. Sargus capensis. 

 Sniifh, lllustr. ZooL S. Afr. Fis/u-.s, pi. 23. f. 2. 



A. -^. L. lat. 72. L. transv. 8/15. 



^^' U-16" 



Incisors moderately broad, inijilanted obliquely ; tbrcc series of 

 molars in the uj)per jaw, two in the lower. Head rather small, 

 its length being 4| in the total length ; the distance between the 

 origin of the dorsal fin and the occiimt is much moro than that 

 between the occijiUt and the snout. The diameter of the eye is 

 one-fourth of the length of the head, less tlian tlie distance between 

 the ej'os, and 1 ^ in the lenglli of the snout. The pectoral fins 

 extend to the vertical from the second soft ray of the anal fin ; 

 the second anal spine is ratlier longer and stronger than the tliird, 

 and nearly one-third of the length of the head. Uniform silvery : a 

 large black blotch behind the dorsal (in life). 



Cape Seas. 



Adult. D. i?. 



Adult. D. i|. 



Adult: stuffed. 



Smith. 

 Adult : stuffed. 



A. 

 A. 



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D. !^. A. 



Cape Sea.'s. Presented by Sir A. 

 Cape Seas. Presented by Sir 



A, Smith. — Type of the species. 



Description. — The body is rather elevated, its greatest depth being 

 below the fourth dorsal spine, where it is nearlj' one-third of the 

 total length. The profile of the nape forms a strong cui-v-c and is con- 

 tinued into that of the head, which is straight and descends abruptly 

 to the snout ; the distance between the occiput and the end of the 

 snout is about three-quarters of that between the occi])ut and the 

 origin of the dorsal fin. The head is compressed and rather short, 

 its length being 4| in the total; the distance between the eyes is 

 one-third of the length of the head. The snout is of moderate 

 length, the upper maxillary reaching to the vertical from the posterior 

 nosti-il. The prseorbital is 1^ as long as high, and does not entirely 

 cover the maxillary bone. The eye is of moderate size, situated in 

 the middle of the vertical from the neck to the inferior limb of the 

 pracoperculum. The nostrils are ])laced near the upper angle of the 

 orbit ; the posterior is a very small slit, the anterior more ovate in 

 form. There arc five scries of scales between the pr3Corl)ital and the 

 Limb of the prtcoperculum, which is also covered with a single series 

 of scales. The posterior margin of the procoperculum is vertical, the 

 angle and the inferior margin arc cun-ed. The op(!rculum has an 

 obtuse spine posteriorly, and is covered with scales, like the sub- 

 and interoperculum. The suprascapula is scale-like, without any 

 strife or denticulations ; and there is an indistinct curved scries of 

 scales, ascending from the suprascapula to the nape, which exhibit 

 some incons])icuous stria}. 



'Hic dorsal lin begins immediately bcliind ihc vcjliral from tlie 



