142 THE SPORTSMAN IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



The Hottentot Fish {Sargus hottentotus). 



[Average weight, 3 or 4 lbs. Colour, silverish grey, distinguished 

 by five vertical broad greenish black bands on each side.'] 



The Kabbelgaauw {Scicena hololepidotd). 



[Attains a length of 3 feet. Colour, intensely variegated with 

 purple, green, blue, and yellow.] 



The Cape Salmon or Gheelbeek {Otolithus oequidens). 



[Attains to 40 and 50 lbs. in weight. Colour, silvered green, 

 with strong yellowish tinge ; lips and interior of mouth, orange 

 Flesh coarse, but makes excellent pickle^ 



The Elf Fish {Lechia amid), 



[Average weight, y or 8 lbs. Shape and appearance very much 

 like a salmon. Colour, bright silverish thteughout, darker on the 

 hack. Excellent eating!] 



The Roman Fish (of the family of 5/arojrf5). 



[Have been caught up to 15 and 20 lbs. Colour, reddish gold. 

 Common in False Bay. A great luxury for the tabled] 



The King and Lesser Klip Fish. 



May be caught in quantities from oif the shore, and frequent rocks 

 overgrown with weeds. Both varieties, although small in size, are 

 considered the greatest delicacy obtainable in the Cape Seas. The 

 flesh of the Creef or Cray fish is generally used as bait for them. 



