382 



SILUEID.E. 



end of snout as from root of caudal, spine \ to § length of head, very 

 feebly serrated in front and behind. Adipose dorsal lj to 1^ times as 

 long 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 2g- times as long as deep. 



Fig. 295. 



Galcichthys feliceps. 

 Type, after Cuvier & Valenciennes. %. 



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

 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.). 



fins 



B. 



cajieuxis. 



2-5. Yg. 



G. Ad. 



7. Ad. 



8-9. Ad. & hgr. 



10. Skol. 



11-20. Eggs & yg. 



21. Ad. 



Damaraliind. 

 Algoa Buy. 



Port Elizabeth. 



Natal. 



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

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



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

 Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



2. GALEICHTHYS ATER. 

 Casteln. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. C2 (1861). 



Depth of body 4f times in total length, length of head 3| 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 

 mouth ; eye lateral, oval, 2£ times in length of snout, 8 times iu length 



