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pectoral fins deep orange ; the lengthened rays of the latter 
rose-red, upper ones and tail variegated with purplish lines. 
All other fins yellowish-green, with purplish- Drown stripes or 
blots. Iris yellow. Length thirteen, breadth four and a half 
inches. 
A good table fish, caught with the hook. Not very abundant in 
Table Bay. 
9. Cheilodactylus Brachydactyltjs. Cuv. and Val. 
( Steenklipvisch ; Pompelmoesje.) — Body oval ; head small ; lips 
fleshy, the upper one a little projecting ; mouth obtuse ; teeth 
criniform. The last six rays of the pectorals, cartilaginous, 
slightly detached from their connecting membrane, the second 
and third of them longest. These are rose-red, while the re- 
mainder, as well as the ventral fins are of an orange hue. Oper- 
cular and pre-opercular scales very small ; those of the body 
rather large. Head, back, and flanks, greenish-brown ; lower 
parts and belly, silvery-white. Operculum and pre-operculum 
rose-red, tinged with silver and golden bronze. Middle-line 
sprinkled with six or seven dirty-white irregular dots. Fins 
brownish-green. Iris silvery, encircled by a yellow ring ; pupil 
dark blue. Total length seven inches, breadth two and a half 
inches. 
Lives amongst the rocks at Green-point, and feeds on small Crus- 
tacea?. Its flesh is tender and wholesome. 
SPAIIID^E. 
10. Sargus Hottentottus. A. Smith. (Hangberger.)— 
Body broad, nearly ovate ; head small, projecting in front ; in- 
cisors firm, trenchant, similar to the human. — Colour blackish- 
brown, tinted with purple ; back and sides crossed by five 
broad black vertical bands ; belly silvery- white. Length about 
eighteeen inches. 
Common to Table Bay from June to August, and much in request 
particularly at the time when it is with roe. It is also cured and 
pickled for economical purposes. — From the circumstance of its being 
chiefly taken in deep water, near a place called Hangberg, (overhanging 
rock,) it has received its present colonial name. It feeds on shell-fish, 
and is caught with the hook. 
11. S argus Capensis. A. Smith. (Hottentot Fish.) Body 
much resembling that of the former, but more attenuated at 
base, and destitute of any bands or vertical stripes. Head pur- 
plish ; back dull bluish-green with a metallic gloss ; sides beneath 
the longitudinal line, silvery, with a reddish tint. Iris white. 
Caught at all seasons with the hook, and is not only a superior 
