SARGUS HOTTENTOTUS. Smith. 
Pisces. — Plate XXIII. Fig. 1. 
S. feii. TeitioJibu! masilta fattbus i.™iso,ib«. du.dic.m, n»ndib„l» 
octo; pinnis ventralibus postice subarcuatis ; pmna caudali furcata. 
Longitudo e naso ad extremitatcm pinnae caudalis 17 unc. 6 lin. 
Colour. — The upper and lateral parts of the head blackish purple, tinted 
with auricula and plum-purple; interoperculum and lower surface of under- 
jaw verging on plum-purple. The back and sides superiorly faintly St, ped 
longitudinally blackish purple and lilac-brown; sides mfenorly and beHy 
silvery white, the scales narrowly edged with gieemsh biown. , 
besides being thus marked, is also crossed by five verbal broad green^h 
black bands, the first extending between the commencement of the dorsal 
fin and the origin of the ventrals, and the last about mi w ay e ween ic 
dorsal and caudal fins. Dorsal fin brownish purple, the rays lightest 
pectoral fins pale greenish brown ; ventrals brownish green, and the anal am 
caudal light reddish brown with tints of purple. Eyes white, with dashes o 
coppery green. Lips reddish white. 
Colour of Dried Skin.-To P of the head chesnut-brown, glossed with oil- 
o-reen ; the sides of the head and the entire of the body greenish white, an 
the vertical bands which continue distinct are brownish red. Dorsal fin light 
purplish brown, the spines greenish white. 
Form, &c.— Figure subovate ; head small, anteriorly pointed, and about 
one-fourth of the length of the fish. Superior outline, in front of dorsal 
fin strongly arched, posteriorly to its commencement slightly inclined 
towards the tail. Ventral outline throughout slightly arched; the inter- 
maxillary bones admit of being projected considerably forwards, and when 
thev are so circumstanced there is a considerable hollow in the profile imme- 
diately over the eyes, as is to be seen in the figure : when they are otherwise 
the slope is regular and continuous. Lips very thick, pulpy and villose. 
Incisor teeth of upper jaw twelve in number, closely set, rather narrow, 
