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Fam. PERCIDAE. 



Apogon queketti, n.sp. 



(Plate XIV.) 



Br. 7. D. VII, I 8. A. II 8. L. 1. 26. L. tr. 2, 6. 



Length of liead 3, height of body nearly 3^ hi total length. 

 Diameter of eye 4 in length of head and equal to interocular 

 space. Vertical border of preoperculiim entire with about 

 four large denticulations at angle and horizontal border. 



Fins : spinous much lower than soft dorsal, 3rd, 4th and 5th 

 spines the highest. Ventrals reach to the anus, slightly longer 

 than pectorals. Caudal rounded. Total length, including 

 caudal, 100 mm. 



Colour : About seven longitudinal lines formed by dark 

 spots. Three broad vertical bands most marked in young 

 forms occur in the region of the body between the posterior 

 end of the 2nd dorsal and the caudal. Head region somewhat 

 darker than body, a dark band descending from the inferior 

 border of the orbit. A large black patch posteriorly on the 

 first dorsal. The edges of the second dorsal, the anal and 

 caudal are black. 



Locality : Seven specimens were procured off the coast of 

 Natal. Three were got at a depth of 40 fathoms, Tugela River 

 mouth bearing N. by W. f W., distant 15^ miles ; and four 

 with Tugela River mouth bearing N.W. by N. f N., distant 15^ 

 miles ; depth, 36 to 42 fathoms. 



Fam. PEDICULATI. 



Melaiiocc'tiis roftimltifiis, //..s/'. 



(Plate XV.) 



D. 14. A. 4. P. 19. C. 9. 



Height of body (25 mm.) nearly equal to length (27 mm.) 

 without caudal ; breadth (17 mm.) nearly 1*8 in length. 

 Distance between snout and gill opening i'8 in length of body, 

 the gill opening being well in front of origin of dorsal and anal, 

 their respective distances from the snout being 15, 19" 5 and 

 24 mm. The distance between the gill opening and caudal is 

 less than between snout and gill opening, viz. : 12 mm. or 

 2-25 in the length of the body. It is equal to the interorbital 

 width, which is broad and concave. Over the eye is a 

 triangular bony protuberance not piercing the skin ; two 

 smaller ones occur in front of it and one behind. Nostril at 

 anterior margin of the eye, half of which is hidden under the 



