FISHES—REGAN. 17 
surface and sides of head scaly; praeorbital and maxillary naked; lower jaw scaly. 
Maxillary extending to below middle or posterior part of eye. 16 gill-rakers on lower 
part of anterior arch. 33 or 34 scales in the lateral line. Dorsal x, 15; middle 
spines longest, 4 to 3 length of head ; second soft ray more or less produced. Anal 
1 7; second spine longest, longer than highest spmes of dorsal fin. Pectoral 3 length 
of head. Caudal truncate ; ray at upper angle sometimes produced. A large dark 
spot on each side of caudal peduncle, usually another below spinous dorsal. 
Eight specimens, 60 to 100 mm. in total length, from seven miles E. of Cape 
North ; depth 70 fathoms ; bottom sand. 
Lepidoperca, Regan. 
Lepidoperca, Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) x11, 1914, p. 15. 
External characters of Caesioperca, except that the interorbital region is flat 
instead of convex, the caudal fin truncate instead of emarginate, the scales larger and 
the dorsal and anal rays shghtly less numerous. Skeleton differimg from that of 
Caesioperca in the absence of a transverse ridge in front of the occipital crest and in 
having the mucous canals of the frontals separated by ‘a narrow groove, whereas in 
Caesioperca they border a fossa which broadens out anteriorly. Vertebrae 10 + 16. 
18. Lepidoperca inornata, Regan (PI. x1, fig. 4). 
Lepidoperca inornata, Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xm, 1914, p. 15. 
Depth of body 24 in the length, length of head 23. Diameter of eye 25 in the 
length of head, interorbital width 4. Interorbital space flat; praeorbital scaly ; 
maxillary not quite reaching vertical from middle of eye; 25 gill-rakers on lower 
part of anterior arch. Dorsal x, 16; fourth spine longest, nearly 3 length of head, 
13 as long as last spine. Anal 1m 8; second spine a little longer than longest of 
dorsal. Pectoral slightly shorter than head; ninth ray from above (eighth from below) 
longest. Caudal truncate. 38 scales in a lateral longitudinal series, 41 in the lateral 
line. Traces of reddish longitudinal stripes. 
A specimen of 135 mm. from near Cape North, 70 fathoms, bottom sand ; also a 
second much smaller example, 60 mm. in total length. 
This species is closely related to the recently described L. coatsi/, Regan (Trans. 
R. Soc. Edinburgh, x1x, 1913, p. 237, pl. vi, f 1), from Gough Island, but is 
distinguished by the deeper body, fewer scales, scaly praeorbital, shorter maxillary, 
higher last dorsal spine and immaculate dorsal fin. 
PLESIOPIDAE. 
19. Acanthoclinus littoreus, Forst. 
CARANGIDAE. 
20. Seriola lalandii, Cuy. and Val. 
