Color in alcohol dull uniform brownish, with traces of silvery 
reflectionss. Length 210? mm, Cape of Good Hope, Another 
215 mm. from "New Zealand” also included, which may really 
have been secured in South Africa. 
Our examples aiffer from the account of D. miles?®! 
in eye 1s in snout, which equals interorbital width; maxil- 
lary to eye; 7 series of scales between preorbital and margin 
of preopercle; third dorsal spine longest or 2/3 of head, 
Neither of our examples show any trace of the third dorsal spine 
elongated, and as it is chiefly in this last feature that they 
differ, we have placed them provisionally with the present species. 
ceceteencapactn etapa nAED et ey OEE OOD ALLEL LLL ON A 
137 | 
Ann,S.Af.tlus.,vol.6(2),1908,p.155. Natal. 
deere ereneeeen eee ee ease NE ACCC AECL LL LT CL LLL LL LLL LLL LAA LA 
Labrus macrocephalus Lacepede ~~, afterwards placed in 
139 
the present genus and figured by Valenciennes » was thought 
cossibly a species of Pagrus by Gunther. The figure by Val- 
enciennes shows: Head about 33; depth 2 2/5; D. spines a 
second and third anal spines equal; pectoral about long as 
head; eye dlightly less than preorbital width} lower preoper- 
cle limb scaleless though text says 4 large canines in front 
of mouth the digure (apparently inaccurate in this respect) 
shows 2 above and 3 below, 
138 esp 
Hist.Nat.Poiss.,vol.3,1802, pp.452,480,P1.26,fig.1. Le 
grande golfe de 1‘Inde. 
Roo, a 
Regne An, Cuvier, =d. I11.,Poiss.,1839, P1.35,fig.c. 
