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table fish, but forms when salted and dried, an article of exportation. 
Mostly confined to Table Bay, and the "West Coast, where it is found 
abundantly. Length from twelve to fourteen inches. 
12. Chrysophrys Gloeiceps. Cuv. and Val. (Stompneus.) 
— Forehead arched, rounded, almost gibbous, muzzle obtuse, 
small ; teeth thick, firm, tubercular, standing in four rows on 
the sides of both jaws. Body broad. Crown above the eyes 
olive-green with aurora-red. Back bluish-grey; belly white, 
silvery ; a black spot at the insertion of the pectorals. Iris red ; 
pupil dark. The younger individuals have six or seven brown 
longitudinal stripes, and six transversal dark bands, which dis- 
appear in the adults. 
A favourite fish, and often caught in great abundance during sum- 
mer, with the drag-net. It also makes an excellent pickle-fish. 
13. Chrysophrys Laticeps. Cuv. and Val. (Roode 
Steenbrasem.J — Head very large, gibbous ; crown elevated, 
broad, convex, tapering towards the snout ; eyes almost vertical ; 
mouth of a moderate size ; muzzle pointed, but blunt ; lips fleshy. 
Upper mandible armed in front with four large, strong, conical 
teeth, and the lower one with six corresponding with those of 
the upper ; middle teeth smaller than the lateral. Rows of sharp 
pointed teeth inside the mouth, followed by bands of round, 
granular molars. Soft rays of dorsal fin higher than the spiny ; 
caudal nearly truncate. Scales large. Liver divided into two 
unequal lobes of an ochreous hue, and with the gall-bladder 
proportionally small ; gullet dilated into a big, strong, muscular 
stomach, of an oblong shape ; pylorus supplied with four short 
coecums of different length. Swim-bladder large, simple, and 
firm. Intestines a little longer than the whole fish. Head faint 
purple with aurora-red; back dull greyish- green ; sides and 
belly slightly flesh-red, on silvery ground. Groove between the 
maxillary and intermaxillary bones, saffron-yellow. Fins red- 
dish. 
This bulky fish often exceeds four and a half feet in length, and 
fourteen inches in breadth. It is very voracious and feeds generally 
on crabs, and cuttle-fish. (Sepia and Loligo.) As food, it is much 
prized, and is also cured for exportation. Not very common in Table 
Bay, but caught abundantly in False Bay, and on the shores of Hot- 
tentots' Holland. 
14. Chrysophrys Cristiceps. Cuv. and Val. (?) (Roman.) 
— Body of a beautiful orange colour, shaded by silver. Head 
and jaws of a deep orange hue. Between the eyes a falcated 
band of pure indigo blue, and a narrow stripe of the same co- 
lour, running along each side of the dorsal; a broad, silvery 
