SARGUS CAPENSIS.— Smith. 
Pisces. — Plate XXIII. Fig. 2. 
s. 
macula nigra subextremitatem 
ordinibus arcuatis dispositis ; 
libus externe accuminatis. 
posteriorem pinna dorsalis ; squamis infra oculos subquadrangulanbus in 
dentibus incisoribus in maxilla et in mandibula octo; pmms ventra- 
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 narrow y 
edged with brownish red. On the tail immediately behind the posterior ex- 
tremity of dorsal fin a large circular brownish red blotch. Dorsal and ana 
finslio-ht, dull yellowish brown slightly shaded with brownish red; rays pa e 
cream-yellow. Caudal, pectoral, and ventral fins light yellowish brown, 
rayed with brownish red. . 
Form, &c.— Figure ovate ; dorsal outline between hinder extremity ot 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 jaw 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 
• T | ie notes descriptive of the colours of the fish, as they appeared when it was cauglit, have been 
mislaid. 
