SARGUS CAPENSIS.— Smith. 



Pisces.— Plate XXIII. Fig. 2. 



S. macula nigra subextremitatem posteriorem pinnse dorsalis ; squamis infra oculos subquadrangularibus in 

 ordinibus arcuatis dispositis ; dentibus incisoribus in maxilla et in mandibula octo ; pinnis ventra- 

 libus externe accuminatis, 



Longitudo e naso ad apicem pinnae caudalis 14* unc. 



Colour of Dried Skin.* — The top and the sides of the head, for some 

 distance below the eyes, dull yellowish brown glossed with oil-green ; the 

 sides of the head inferiorly, and the entire body pale cream-yellow, with, 

 towards and on the belly, a distinct tint of flesh-red : — the scales narrowly 

 edged with brownish red. On the tail immediately behind the posterior ex- 

 tremity of dorsal fin a large circular brownish red blotch. Dorsal and anal 

 fins light, dull yellowish brown slightly shaded with brownish red; rays pale 

 cream-yellow. Caudal, pectoral, and ventral fins light yellowish brown, 

 rayed with brownish red. 



Form, &c. — Figure ovate ; dorsal outline between hinder extremity of dorsal 

 fin, and a line carried upwards from the upper extremity of preoperculum, 

 regularly arched ; anterior to the latter the profile is strongly inclined to 

 the perpendicular ; ventral outline throughout slightly arched. Head small, 

 and about a quarter of the length of the fish ; muzzle prominent and pointed ; 

 lips large and pulpy. Nostrils double, situated close to the upper and 

 anterior edge of the orbit, the one in front of the other. Incisor teeth of 

 upper jaw oblique, eight in number, closely set, rather broad particularly 

 towards the points, and the two middle ones considerably the largest ; the 

 outermost of each side is smaller than the second. The elbow existing at 

 hinder edge internally is but slightly developed, and the portion of each tooth 

 between the cutting and hinder edges is concave. Incisors of lower j aw sub- 

 horizontal, eight in number, all in contact with each other, and the last of 

 each side rather the smallest ; they are of moderate width, their edges formed for 



* The notes descriptive of the colours of the fish, as they appeared when it was caught, have been 

 mislaid. 



