ATIMOSTOMA* CAPENSIS.— Smith. 
Pisces. — Plate XXIV. 
A. superne flavo-brunnea, castaneo-tincta ; subtus pallidk flavo-brunnea cinnereo tincta ; ore parvo ; 
dentibus criniformibus brevibus ; pinnis pectoralibus prselongis ; squamis magnis, subovatis. 
Longitudo e nasi apiee ad extremitatem pinnae caudalis 42 unc. 
Colour. — The upper and lateral parts of the head, the back, and the 
upper portions of the sides intermediate between buff-orange and yellowish 
brown, here and there with tints of chesnut-brown ; the preoperculum in 
places tinged with purple ; the lower parts of the sides and the under parts 
of the head and body wood-brown, tinted lightly with plum-purple. The 
dorsal, anal, and caudal fins orange-coloured brown, dulled with brownish 
red ; pectoral fins intermediate between chesnut-brown and yellowish brown. 
Form, & c. — Body oblong ovate, and immediately before the caudal fin 
very slender, the greatest depth of the body is directly under the first dorsal 
fin. The dorsal and ventral outlines are slightly curved, the curvature of the 
former being greatest, and its highest point about the commencement of the 
first dorsal. Head short and compressed ; snout full and blunt, the nostrils 
double, and situated on its sides close to its point, the hindermost is rather 
large, circular, and directed outwards, the other is very small and directed 
forwards, and both are nearly on the same horizontal line with the upper 
edge of the orbit. The upper jaw is rather shorter than the lower, and ante- 
riorly truncated ; the lower is narrow, and slightly rounded at the point. 
Teeth short, criniform, and arranged in narrow transverse bands, — one along 
the anterior edge of each jaw. Preoperculum triangular ; operculum semi- 
circular; interoperculum narrow : all soft and pliant. Scapulary and humeral 
plates large, the hinder extremity of the latter terminating in the axilla of the 
pectoral fin. 
* Char. Gen. — Body oblong, ovate, and furnished with two dorsal fins, the hindermost very long, as in 
Seriola ; anal fin formed like the second dorsal; mouth small, each jaw with a narrow belt of criniform 
teeth ; nostrils double, and situated near to the apex of snout. Scales of body large, thin, and very 
pliant. 
