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- The color of this fish varies considerably according to the 

 <har..eter cf the water in which it resides; being in some near- 

 ly a uniform greenish bbek, and in others a light green wiih 

 <iark and pretty regular spots or blotches. 



D. 5, D. i-5, P. 12, V.}, A. V5r, C. 16 



1) I a co pom a typicoides. 



D. supra vigro-viridis infra nigro-iiridis aut viridi fiava. 



Color blackish green verging to dusky green, the centres of 

 the scales in this as well as in the typical species darkest; belly 

 som-iimes the same color as (he back and sides, sometimes 

 greenish yellow, Pectoral fins yellowish, rest greenish inclined 

 to greenish blue, particularly the dorsal one, which is marked 

 behind each spinous ray by a narrow vertical stripe. Length 

 from three and a half to four inches. Inhabits the fresh-water 

 Jakes and rivrrs of the eastern part of the colony as' well as 

 those more to the interior of the continent. The perpendicular 

 stripe behind each of the spinous rays of the dorsal fin, the 

 difference in shape and arrangement of the scales on the top of 

 the head, together with the habitat, at once characterize this as 

 a distinct species. 



B.5. D. ||. P. 11. V.$. A.-jV c. 15. 

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Seruanvs CuvieriL 



S. supra brunneo Jlavus, maculis viridi-nigris variegatiss 

 infra rubro-favus, nebuiis brunncis notatus. 



Color of back and sides brownish yellow with blotches, 

 Streaks or irregular bands of dusky greenish black; lower part 

 of sidei and belly reddish yellow with a slight mixtme of brown. 

 Dorsal fins deep dusky brown, with the extremities of the 

 spinous rays reddish : ventral fins towards apices brown, to- 

 wards bases yellow ; bases of pectoral fins bluish white finely 

 spotted with orange, rest reddish brown ; tail even, or only 

 very slightly rounded, with the hinder edge narrcwly margined 

 ■with white. Eyes orange. A full grown specimen of this fish 

 measures about two feet and a half. Inhabits the ocean along 

 the south-east coast of Africa, particularly about Algoa Bay, 

 «her« it is frequently caught by the fisheinun, and highly 

 esteemed as an article of food. It is called by them the Rocft 

 Cod. 



B. 7. D. fj. P. 15. V. }. A. -jV C 17. 



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