DESCRIPTIONS OF IE¥ SOUTH 

 APRIOAI nSHES. 



J. D. F. GILCHRIST, M.A., B.Sc, Ph.D., 



Government Biolodst to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. 



The followini^ is a continuation of the description of new 

 fishes procured' in the course of the work of the " Pictcr 

 /''^////-6'" on the South African Coast. It contains an account 

 of three new genera and four new species as follows : — 



1. TmcliicJithodes spinosiis, n.g. and sp. 



2. Plt\froiiiiis iiuicrophthabniis, n.sp. 



3. Apogon qiicketti, n.sp. 



4. Mclaiiocctiis rotiiiidcitus, n.sp. 



5. Lacjuoiieuiodcs coiupvcssicaudci, n.g. and sp. 



6. Schuiiopliidiiiii! ifiu'iitlicri, n.g. andsp. 



7. Aphoristlci varicgahi, n.sp. 



Fam. BERYCIDAE. 

 TRACHICHTHODES, n.g-. 



Body ovate, compressed, covered with scales of nioderate 

 si/.e regularly arranged with longitudinal striations and 

 strongly ctenoid; no scutes On alxlomen ; scales of lateral 

 line not enlarged. Head large with nuiciferous cavities 

 covered by 'thin skin with minule pores. Mouth 

 oblique ; niaxillarv, which is provided with a supplemental 

 striated plate, extends backwards behind centre of eye. 

 Villiform teeth in jaws, vomer and palatine. Angle of 

 operculum and preoperculum with spines. Supra .scapula 

 with serrations, no distinct spine. Branchiostegals eight, with 

 spines on inferior exposed surface. Suboperculum with 

 serrated edge. One dorsal, ventrals with one spine and seven 

 soft rays. Four anal spines. 



