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Body, crossed by five or six irregular vertical, pur- 

 plish brown bands. Belly, yellowish white, mottled 

 with olive green. Mouth and pectoral fins, deep 

 orange ; the lengthened rays of the latter rose red, 

 upper ones and tail variegated with purplish lines. 

 All other fins yellowish green, with purplish brown 

 stripes or blots. Iris, yellow. Length, thirteen, 

 breadth, four and a half inches. 



A good table fish, caught with the hook ; not very 

 abundant in Table Bay. 



SPARIDiE. 

 9. Sargijs Hottentottus. A. Smith. {Hangherger ) 

 Body, broad, nearly ovate. Head, small, projecting 

 in front; incisors, firm, trenchant, similar to the 

 human. Colour, blackish brown, tinted with purple ; 

 back and sides, crossed by five broad black vertical 

 bands ; belly, silvery white. Length, about eighteen 

 inches. 



Common to Table Bay from June to August, and 

 much in request, particularly at the time when it is 

 with roe. It is also cured and pickled for economi- 

 cal purposes. Erom the circumstance of its being 

 chiefly taken in deep water, near a place called Hang- 

 berg (over a hanging rock), it has received its present 

 colonial name. It feeds on shell-fish, and is caught 

 with the hook. 



10. Sabqus Capensis. A.Smith. {Hottentot Fish.) 



