Archive image from page 63 of Discovery reports (1936) Discovery reports discoveryreports12inst Year: 1936 so DISCOVERY REPORTS Lepidion natalensis, Gilchrist. Lepidion natalensis, Gilchrist, 1922, Rep. Fish. Mar. Biol. Surv. S. Afric, 11 (1921), Spec. Rep. HI, p. 62; Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xxi, p. 324. Depth of body about 5 in the length, length of head nearly 4. Snout i| times as long as eye, diameter of which is 5 in length of head and about equal to interorbital width. Maxillary extending to a little beyond middle of eye; barbel very slightly longer than eye. 9 gill-rakers on
Archive image from page 63 of Discovery reports (1936) Discovery reports discoveryreports12inst Year: 1936 so DISCOVERY REPORTS Lepidion natalensis, Gilchrist. Lepidion natalensis, Gilchrist, 1922, Rep. Fish. Mar. Biol. Surv. S. Afric, 11 (1921), Spec. Rep. HI, p. 62; Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xxi, p. 324. Depth of body about 5 in the length, length of head nearly 4. Snout i| times as long as eye, diameter of which is 5 in length of head and about equal to interorbital width. Maxillary extending to a little beyond middle of eye; barbel very slightly longer than eye. 9 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 5+58 ; filamentous ray if times as long as head. Anal 55. Pectoral about i| in length of head. Pelvic 7-rayed; not reaching vent, longest ray f length of head. About 20 pyloric caeca. Fig. 15. Lepidio?! natalensis. xj. Pinkish grey; dorsal and anal fins with deep black margins, the black area becoming broader behind and covering the greater part of the posterior parts of the fins; caudal blackish; pectorals and pelvics dusky. Hab. Coasts of south-east Africa. In the British Museum a single specimen, 408 mm. in total length. Lepidion lepidion (Risso). Gadus lepidion, Risso, 1810, Ich. Nice, p. 118. Lotta lepidion, Risso, 1826, Europe, ni, p. 218. Lepidion rissoi, Swainson, 1838, Fishes etc., 1, p. 319. Lepidion rubescens, Swainson, 1839, Fishes etc., 11, p. 300. Haloporphyrus lepidion, Giglioli, 1880, Nature, xxi, p. 202; Vinciguerra, 1883, Ann. Mus. Civ. stor. nat. Genova, xvni, p. 554, pi. iii; Giinther, 1887, Deep-Sea Fish. 'Challenger', p. 91; Cams, 1889-93, Podr. Faun. Medit., u, p. 576; Goode and Bean, 1895, Ocean. Ichth., p. 370, fig- 323- Hab. Western Mediterranean. In the British Museum a single specimen, 253 mm. in total length, from Nice. Lepidion eques (Giinther). Haloporphyruseques, Giinther, 1887, , p. 91, pi. xviii, fig. B; Holt and Caldervvood, 1895, Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc, v (11), p. 446, pi. xxxix, fig
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