382 



SILURID^. 



end of snout as from root of caudal, spine ^ to f length of head, very 

 feebly serrated in front and behind. Adipose dorsal IJ to IJ times as 

 \oj]<r as rayed dorsal. If to 2|- times its distance from latter. Anal 

 17-19 (11-13 rays branched). Pectoral spine similar to dorsal, but 

 usually a little longer. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes, 

 upper the longer. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2J times as long as deep. 



Fie. 295. 



Galcichthys fdiceps. 

 Type, after Cuvier & Valenciennes. \. 



Olive-brown above, yellowish on the sides, pinkish white beneath ; fins 

 greyish. 



Total length 420 millim. 



Damaraland to Natal. — Type in Paris Museum. 

 1. Ad., skin, type of Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith (P.). 



B. capensis. 

 2-5. Yt>. Damaraland. 



G. Ad. Al-oa Bay. 



7. Ad. 



8-9. Ad. & hgr. Port Elizabeth. 



10. Skd. 



11-20. Eggs&yg. 

 21. Ad. Natal. 



J. M. Leslie, Esq. (P.). 

 H. A. Spencer, Esq. (P.). 



J. M. Leslie, Esq. (P.). 

 Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



2. GALEICHTHYS ATEU. 

 Custeln. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. ^:>2 (18G1). 



Depth of body 4| times in total length, length of head '6\ times. 

 Head as long as broad, moderately depressed, smooth; a long and 

 narrow occipital process, hidden under the skin, in contact with a small 

 interneural shield ; snout broad, rounded, projecting feebly beyond 

 moutli ; eye lateral, oval, 2^ times in length of snout, 8 times in length 



