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breadth, nearly fi^e inches. D.,y|; A.,yV' P., V., -|-; C. 

 1 7. Head and back, olive-green ; sides silvery, with a 

 faint rosy gloss ; fins pale rose-red. Pectoral fins 

 with a black spot at their insertion. Iris, silvery. 



A delicious table-fish ; more commonly caught in 

 winter, and often put up in bundles along wit . sargus 

 capensis (Hottentot fish), from which it is easily dis- 

 tinguished by a very superficial examination. 



21. Canthaexts EMAKGiifATUs. Cuv. and Yal. 

 (Dasje.) Body, lanzeolate ; front roundish, with a 

 curvature hardly perceptible ; muzzle pointed, and 

 partly concealed beneath the suberbital bone, which 

 has a deep emargination in front of the eyes ; front 

 teeth small, but crowded, pointed, and sharp ; scales, 

 minute ; lateral line, moderately bent and well 

 marked. D., ^ ; ^'> Toi ^-^ 5; P., 15; C, 17. 

 Head, back, and sides faint brown, on a silvery 

 ground ; a greenish blue metallic lustre above and in 

 front of the eyes ; body, striped with some narrow 

 yellowish, longitudinal bands; pectoral fins, with a 

 dark spot at their base ; abdomen, white, tinged with 

 light brown. Length, twelve to fourteen inches. 



Rare in Table Bay, but more frequently caught in 

 the several bays to the east of the Cape. Its flesh is 

 highly esteemed as food. 



22. Boops Salpa. Cuv. andVal. {Bamloesvisch, 

 Stinkvisch.) Body, subovate, attenuated at both 



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