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b. D. X-XI, I 14-17; A. Ill 14-15. 



Pectorals lonprer than the head 3. C paucimdiafus. 



Pectorals much shorter than the head 4. C. brevimanus. 



Cubiceps capeusls. 

 Atimostoma capense, Smith, I. c. 



This species is known only from one specimen, 43 Indies 

 long, which is now stuffed and in the British Museum collec- 

 tion. It seems to me probably distinct from C. gracilis by the 

 deeper body and greater number of scales in a vertical series. 



Depth of body equal to the length of head, 3f times in the 

 total length. Snout as long as the eye, the diameter of which 

 is about 4 times in the length of head. Maxillary not ex- 

 tending to below the eye. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long 

 as deep. I). XI, I 20, the spines increasing in length to 

 the third or fourth, thence decreasing, the soft fin low, the 

 anterior rays produced. A. Ill 20. Pectorals 1^ times as 

 long as the head. Ventrals rather short. Caudal forked, 

 the lobes rather short. Scales 66 ~, still adherent in places 

 and with irregular edges, the naked parts of the body with 

 large mucous pores. Yellowish brown above, light purplish 

 brown beneath ; fins reddish brown. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



Cubiceps gracilis. 



Seriola ( Cubiceps) gracilis, Lowe, /. c. 

 Navarchus sulcatus, Filippi & Verany, /. c. 

 Trachelocirrus mediterraneus, Doumet, /. c. 



Depth of body 4-4^ times in total length (3^ in very 

 young), length of head 3^-3^ times. Snout siiorter than 

 the eye, the diameter of which is 3^-4 times in the length of 

 head and equal to the interorbital width. Maxillary extending 

 to vertical from anterior margin of eye. D. XT, I 20-22, 

 the fourth and fifth spines longest ; anterior soft rays longest, 

 not as long as longest spines. A. Ill 19-20. Pectorals 1^ 

 times as long as the head, ventrals less than half as long. 

 Sc. 58-66 ig^g, deciduous, numerous minute pores on the naked 

 body. Back and sides brownish purple, light red in the 

 very young, silvery below. 



Total length 170 miilim. 



Mediterranean, Madeira. 



Cubiceps pauciradiatus. 

 GUnther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Ilist. (4) x. 1872, p. 423. 

 Depth of body 4;^ times in total length, length of head 3^ 



