52 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 
Epinephelus ascensionis (Osbeck). 
1 specimen, total length 203 mm. 
Rhypticus saponaceus (Bl. Schn.). 
Dorsal III 23. Anal 16. 
The maxillary in this specimen reaches to two-thirds diameter of eye. 
Priacanthus cruentatus (Lacép). 
First few dorsal spines rather low. Last spine twice as long as the second. 
All are strongly spinulose. Rays not much larger than longest spines. 
2 specimens, total length 210 mm. 
Sargus capensis Smith. 
Several specimens, total lengths 232 mm. and 280 mm. 
Sargus rondeletii Cuv. & Val. 
2 specimens, total lengths 176 mm. and 205 mm. 
Chetodon sancte helene Gunther. 
A painting of this specimen by Mr Cuthbertson, the “Scotia” 
artist, represents the colour of the body as a light lavender, which becomes 
darker towards the vertical fins. A narrow yellow band runs from the 
supra-orbital along the dorsal fin, across the caudal, and ends at the origin of 
the anal. The soft dorsal and anal fins have a thin black margin. 
Cossyphus pectoralis (Gill). 
1 specimen, total length 255 mm. 
Scarus strigatus Gunther. 
Several specimens averaging 350 mm. 
Caranx dentex (BI. Schn.). 
1 specimen, total length 594 mm. 
Caranx sanctx-helene Cuv. & Val. 
Numerous young specimens. 
Trachynotus glaucus (Linn.). 
Lichia glauca (Linn.). 
1 specimen taken off St Helena, total length 333 mm. 
