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VIII.— CATALOGUE OF FISHES OF THE CAPE 



PROVINCE. 



By W. Wardlaw Thompson, F.Z.S. 



The latest catalogue of Cape Fishes was drawn up by Dr. 

 J. D. F. Gilchrist in 1902. Since that date there have been 

 additions and alterations and I have, at his suggestion, com- 

 piled the following revised list with the necessary additions 

 and a fuller bibliography. It is hoped that this will prove 

 useful from a practical as well as a scientific point of view. 

 The lack of complete references and of access to types has 

 been a difficulty in the work and may have led to certain 

 defects, but it is hoped that these are as few as possible under 

 the circumstances. 



The present paper deals with the Sub-Class Elasmohranchii 

 (Dog-fish, Sharks, Rays, etc.), but the local representatives of 

 BranchiostomatidcB (Lancelets) and Cyclostomata (Hag-fish or 

 Zee-slang) have also been included, although they do not fall 

 under the Class Pisces. 



I have to thank Dr. Gilchrist for his advice and assistance 

 in the compilation of this catalogue. 



CEPHALOCHORDATA. 



Family BRANCHIOSTOMATIDAE. 



(Lancelets or Amphioxus). 



Branchiostoma, Costa. 



Branchiosiovia, Costa, Cenni Zoologici Napol. 1834, p. 49 ; 

 Glinth. Cat. Fish, viii, 1870, p. 513. 



Amphioxus, Yarrell, British Fish. 1836, p. 468. 



Branchiostoma capense, Gilchr. 



Gilchr. Marine Invest. S. Africa, ii, 1894, p. iii (False Bay, 

 Mossel Bay, Algoa Bay). 



