GALEICHTHYS.— AEITTS. 



383 



of head, 4 times in interorbital width ; prsemaxillary band of teeth 

 6 times as long as broad, broader than the crescentic band on the palate ; 

 barbels flattened, maxillary f length of head, outer mandibular not 

 quite J, inner mandibular ^. Gill-rakers rather short, 7 on lower part 



Pig. 296. 



Galeichthys ater. |. 



of anterior arch. Dorsal I 7, 1£ times as distant from end of snout as 

 from root of caudal, spine ^ length of head, not serrated. Adipose 

 dorsal If times as long as rayed dorsal, If times its distance from latter. 

 Anal 17 (12 rays branched). Pectoral spine a little longer than dorsal, 

 feebly serrated on outer side. Caudal notched, with very short, obtuse 

 lobes. Caudal peduncle not quite twice as long as deep. Blackish 

 green above, lighter beneath ; fins black. 



Total length 360 millim. 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 1. Ad. Cape of Good Hope. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



27. ARIUS. 

 Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xv. p. 53 (1840), part. ; Mull. & Trosch. Hor. Ichthyol. 



iii. p. 6 (1849) ; Bleek. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. 1863, p. 91 ; Giinth. Gat. 



Fish. v. p. 138 (1864), part.; Bonleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 298 (1901). 

 Ariodes, Mull. & Trosch. 1.. c. 

 Pseudarius, Bleek. 1. c. 



Body moderately elongate, not ol* but feebly compressed. Dorsal and 



