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Dorsal ix, i 24 ; the first 2 spines of anterior dorsal are 

 detached and rudimentary, the 3rd spine is highest and is 

 connected by a membrane to the 4th and 5th, which succes- 

 sively decrease in height and are followed by 4 small detached 

 spines ; anterior soft rays highest, not produced, the ist ray 

 being a little more than ^ length of head ; outer margin of soft 

 dorsal concave anteriorly, the remaining rays about equal in 

 height. Pectorals slightly longer than head, reaching to above 

 middle of anal, scythe-like in shape. Ventrals very short. 

 Anal i 20, similar to soft dorsal, but not as high, with 3 bony 

 scutes on the abdominal margin between ist spine of anal and 

 ventrals. Caudal deeply forked, f length of head ; caudal 

 peduncle 3 times as long as deep. Lat. 1. 140 (circa.). Scales 

 absent on the body, except on the lateral line, which has a 

 strong upward bend anteriorly becoming straight below the 

 8th or 9th soft ray of the dorsal fin. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), silvery, darkish on the back, 

 with a greenish tint posteriorly ; lobes of caudal greenish with 

 a dark outer edge ; an indistinct dark patch on opercle and 

 passing from eye to point of snout and tip of lower jaw. 



The single specimen, 163 mm. in length, was procured in the 

 Government net at Walfish Bay and was forwarded by the 

 Resident Magistrate through Mr. G. Gale, Superintendent of 

 Works at that place. It does not appear to be the same 

 species^^as 5. vomer in any of its various stages. 



[C.P. 6-'i4.] 



