. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Ed. Fish. Cape., ed. 2, p. Gilchrist, Mar. Biol. Eep., vol. iii, p. 6 (egg). Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. i, pt. 4, , Thompson, Mar. Biol. Rep., vol. iv, p. 88. Von Bonde, Fish. Mar. Surv. Spec. Rep., i, p. 20. Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., vol. lxxvii, p. of head sloping, gently and evenly convex. Depth 2J-2J,length of head 3 or a little less, in length of body. Eye 3J-4 in length of head, 1J-1J in snout, subequal tointerorbital width, greater than (y
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Ed. Fish. Cape., ed. 2, p. Gilchrist, Mar. Biol. Eep., vol. iii, p. 6 (egg). Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. i, pt. 4, , Thompson, Mar. Biol. Rep., vol. iv, p. 88. Von Bonde, Fish. Mar. Surv. Spec. Rep., i, p. 20. Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., vol. lxxvii, p. of head sloping, gently and evenly convex. Depth 2J-2J,length of head 3 or a little less, in length of body. Eye 3J-4 in length of head, 1J-1J in snout, subequal tointerorbital width, greater than (young)or equal to (adult) depth of scaleless, its posterior marginsloping downwards and forwards to angleof mouth, lower margin straight. Gill-rakers 13 on lower part of anterior canines in upper, 6 in lower jaw,the outermost ones strongest and pro-jecting, especially those in upper jawwhich curve outwards (sideways). D XII10, spines strong, not filamentous, 4thand 5th longest. A III 8, spines stout,2nd and 3rd about equal. Scales : 55. Fig. 24.—Outline of head ofPagrus laniarius to showshape of preorbital andforward limit of scaling(diagrammatic). -60; .tr. — ; 9-10 series on cheek : limb 18 of preopercle entirely —Up to 400 mm. Colour.—Silvery-rose, with or without faint yellowish or bluishlongitudinal stripes, fins pale rosy. Locality.—Table Bay, False Bay, and Agulhas Bank to AlgoaBay, down to 45 fathoms. The Panga is a very common fish on the markets. It seems to besomewhat rare in Table Bay, but is abundant on the Agulhas outwardly curving canines are distinctive. Fowlers description of the colour is too vivid for a living specimen,the mauve tints only appearing after death. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa. 695 Pagrus nasutus (Cast.). Black Bishop or Poenskop (Cape); Musselcrusher (Natal). 1861. Castelnau, Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr., p. 24. 1903. Boulenger, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., vol. iii, p. 67
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