FISHES REGAN. 17 



surface and sides of head scaly ; praeorbitaJ and maxillary naked ; lower jaw scaly. 

 Maxillary extending to below middle or posterior part of eye. 16 gill-rakers on lower 



part of anterior arch. 33 or 34 scales in the lateral line. Dorsal x, 15 ; middle 

 spines longest, ^ to § length of head : second soft ray more or less produced. Anal 

 in 7 ; second spine longest, longer than highest spines of dorsal tin. Pectoral f length 

 of head. Caudal truncate : ray at upper angle sometimes produced. A large dark 

 spot on each side of caudal peduncle, usually another below spinous dorsal. 



Eight specimens. 60 to 100 mm. in total length, from seven miles E. of ('ape 

 North : depth 70 fathoms ; bottom sand. 



Lepidoperca, Regan. 

 Lepidoperca, Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hit. (8) xm. 19H, p. 15. 



External characters of Caesioperca, except that the interorbital region is Hat 

 instead of convex, the caudal tin truncate instead of emarginate, the scales larger and 

 the dorsal and anal rays slightly less numerous. Skeleton differing from that of 

 Caesioperca in the absence of a transverse ridge in front of the occipital crest and in 

 having the mucous canals of the frontals separated bv a. narrow groove, whereas in 

 Caesioperca they border a fossa, which broadens out anteriorly. Vertebrae 10 + HI. 



18. Lepidoperca iiu>rintt<<, Regan (PI. xi. fig. 4). 



Lepidoperca inornata, Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xm, 1914, p. 15. 



Depth of body 1\ in the length, length of head 2f. Diameter of eye 2^ in the 

 length of head, interorbital width 4. Interorbital space flat : praeorbital scaly : 

 maxillary not quite reaching vertical from middle of eye : 25 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal \. 10; fourth spine longest, nearly j length of head. 

 1^ as long as last spine. Anal in S ; second spine a little longer than longest of 

 dorsal. Pectoral slightly shorter than head ; ninth ray from above (eighth from below) 

 longest. Caudal truncate. :iS scales in a lateral longitudinal series, 41 in the lateral 

 line. Traces of reddish longitudinal stripes. 



A specimen of 135 mm. from near Cape North, 70 fathoms, bottom sand : also a 

 second much smaller example, (iO mm. in total length. 



This species is closely related to the recently described /.. coatsii, Regan (Trans. 

 I'. Soc. Edinburgh, xi.ix, L913, p. 237, pi. VI, f 1), from Gough Island, but is 

 distinguished by the deeper body, fewer scales, scab* praeorbital. shorter maxillary, 

 higher last dorsal spine anil immaculate dorsal tin. 



Plesiopidae. 



19. Acanthoclinus litton-it.s, Forst, 



Carangidae. 



20. Seriola lidnudii, Cuv. and Val. 



