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Journal," (1830); a publication full of interesting 

 and useful information respecting the Cape Colony. 



44. Serantjs Cuvierii. A. Smith. {Roch Cod.) 

 Colour of the back and sides, brownish yellow with 

 blotches, streaks of irregular bands of dusky, greenish 

 black ; lower part of sides and belly, reddish yellow, 

 with slight mixture of brown. Dorsal fins, deep, 

 dusky brown, with the extremities of the spinous rays 

 reddish ; ventral fins towards apices, brown ; towards 

 bases, yellow ; bases of pectoral fins bluish white, 

 finely spotted with orange; rest, reddish brown. 

 Tail even, or only very slightly rounded, with the 

 hinder edge narrowly marginated with white. Eyes, 

 orange. 



A full-grown specimen of this fish measures about 

 two and a half feet. It inhabits the ocean along the 

 east coast of Africa, particularly about Algoa Bay, 

 where it is frequently caught, and highly esteemed 

 as an article of food. 



This synopsis appeared at different days in the 

 Cape Monitor. The fish here described, are no doubt 

 very beautiful ; and coloured plates of them would, 

 if equally well performed, serve as a companion to 

 the " Pishes of Ceylon," by the late John "Whitchurch 

 Bennett, Esq. 



EisHES OF Algekia. — The coast of Algeria pro- 



