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of three feet or more. Flesh dry, but fit for salting. 

 Common along the whole coast, where it is caught 

 abundantly with the hook or net. It forms an 

 article of food for the poor and lazy, and it is also 

 prepared for exportation. 



7. UMBBINKA CAPENSIS. Mihi. K. SP. (Baard- 

 mannetje.} Snout, obtuse, thick, truncate ; lower jaw, 

 shortest with a barbel ; dorsal fins, distinct. Head, 

 reddish brown, tinged with gold. Back and sides, 

 ash-coloured on a silvery base. Lower jaw and belly, 

 Avhite, sprinkled with minute dark spots. Scales, 

 large. Iris silvery. Measures from two to two and 

 a half feet, and is reputed for its delicious flesh. 

 Chiefly caught in False Bay, during summer. 



8. CHEILODACTYLTJS FASCIATUS. Cuv. and Val. 

 (Steenvisch.) Body, oblong, spindle-shaped; head, 

 small ; lips, fleshy retractile, the upper one longest. 

 Eyes, middle-sized, placed near the crown ; mouth, 

 small ; teeth, velvety. The five last rays of the pec 

 toral fins extended beyond their membrane, cartila 

 ginous ; second ray largest, being three inches long ; 

 the other three, shorter and shorter. Caudal fin, 

 forked, scales large, almost quandrangular ; seven lon 

 gitudinal stripes covered with smaller scales, along the 

 whole extent of the dorsal fin. Head, olive green, 

 intermixed with orange ; upper part of side, brim 

 stone yellow, tinged with green, purple, and orange 



