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Additional evidence that the Seventy-four derived its name from a 
Simons Bay warship, is afforded by the fact that on the Hast Coast 
(Port Elizabeth and East London) the fish is not so named but is 
called the Silver-fish. 
The Naald-visch, or Needle-fish, is the possessor of a long, slender 
beak, about half the length of its body—a prolongation of the lower 
jaw. The name Zee-naald is used in Holland to designate other 
fish, viz., the Garfish and a species of Syngnathus, but not with the 
same fitness as in the case of the South African form, and I am 
inclined to think that the name was not applied here on account of 
any resemblance to the European fish. This is borne out by the 
fact that a species of Syngnathus differing very little from that found 
in Holland occurs in the Colony. 
The Melk-visch is said to derive its name from the colour of the 
flesh when cooked. It may, however, also be from the milk-white 
colour of the upper part of its mouth. 
The Pampelmoes probably derives its name from its resemblance 
to the fruit so called, a species of bitter lemon. Pappe and Castelnau 
seem to be wrong in using the name ‘‘ Pompelmoesje,”’ as asynonym 
for Steen-klip-visch (Chilodactylus fasciatus). 
The Vioel-visch, or Fiddle-fish, is a species of shark with no claim 
to musical talent, but having a flat body and long tail not unlike the 
body and neck of a violin. 
Windtoy is a name the derivation of which is not very obvious. 
The spelling ‘“‘ Windtoy”’ is given by Pappe, Castelnau, and Bleeker, 
but as pronounced by Malay fishermen sounds more like Wind-ei, 
which would mean in Dutch a wind-egg, the colour of which is some- 
what similar to that of this fish. This derivation I, however, suggest 
with some hesitation. 
Some little difficulty was found in tracing the origin of the word 
Dageraad, owing to the various corruptions, verbal and written, 
under which it appears (see List). 
I have little hesitation, however, in suggesting that it is the Dutch 
word Dageraad, meaning dawn of day, or sunrise, and certainly the 
gorgeous hues of this magnificent fish fully justify the name. The 
Dutch fisherman who. first named the fish must have possessed a 
poetic imagination of no mean order. The name comes somewhat 
as a surprise. Rooije, Rooi-man, Rooi-stumpneus we expect, but not 
Dageraad (day-dawn). Perhaps it may have been a stray flash of 
oriental fancy not quite extinguished in the humble folks whom the 
countrymen of Van Riebek brought as slaves from the Hast. 
The name Roman is of special interest. It is maintained by some 
that the fish takes its name from the Roman Rock in Simons Bay, 
