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The name may be compared with the local name in Holland for 
young Kabeljaauw, viz., Mooi Meisje, and it is of interest to note that 
the word ‘‘noi”’ or ‘‘nooi”’ is exclusively a Cape word, probably 
derived, as Mansvelt suggests, from the Portuguese ‘ noina,”’ 
meaning a bride. 
An allied name is the Kaapsche-Nooije, for which I am unable to 
suggest any origin. 
These names derived from persons have all had a general refer- 
ence, but there are two which have been named after individuals. 
The first, commonly called the Seventy-four (Dentex rupestris, Castn.), 
is also known in some localities as Peter’s Fish, on account of its 
having a black mark on each side of its body such as might have 
been caused by its being violently seized by some one between the 
finger and thumb. I have been assured by Dutch fishermen that 
this is to be connected with the historic incident in which the Apostle 
Peter so miraculously found the tax-money. 
The other case is that of an obscure sailor who has been immor- 
talised in the name Jacopever. Francisci gives a most circumstantial 
account of the derivation of the name. The Dutch sailor, Jacob 
Evertsen, was possessed of a peculiar rosy complexion which the 
historian charitably supposes to have been a congenital not an 
acquired characteristic. While out fishing one day a remark- 
able, somewhat comical-looking little fish of a reddish blotched 
colour and with prominent eyes, was pulled up, and so struck were 
his mates with the resemblance to’ their companion that they forth- 
with christened it ‘‘ Jacob EKvertsen ’’’—a name which it has retained 
to the present day under the somewhat modified form Jacopever. 
As might have been expected, the peculiar fauna of South 
Africa has furnished some striking names, such as the Zebra, the 
Dasje, the Elephant, the Porcupine, and the Parrot. The name 
Zebra-fish, or Wildepaard, is applied to a fish with several well- 
marked stripes running across the body. The Dasje might also 
with a little stretch of the imagination be likened to the rabbit or 
dassie, from its general shape, and this is the name by which it is 
known in Cape Town, Hout Bay, and Kalk Bay. 
The name Z4ee-vark (literally, sea-pig) presents some little diffi- 
culty, as the fish in no way resembles a pig. The derivation, 
however, becomes very apparent when we think of the Isser-vark, 
or Porcupine, and bear in mind that the fish is also called the 
Porcupine-fish. In the matter of bristles it is even better provided 
than the Porcupine, and resembles more a hedgehog in its most 
offensive attitude. The bristles are comparatively long and very 
sharp, so that the living fish must be handled with care. 
