. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. es : 58-60 ; -. Pyloric caeca 3. (Plate XXVIII, fig. 3.) Length.—Up to 270 mm. Colour.—Uniform (as preserved). Locality.—Natal coast, 114-192 fathoms. Type in British Museum ; topotypes in South African Museum. * Marsis melanurus (C. and V.). 1830. Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. vi, p. 422. 1882. Steindachner,Denk. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. xliv, p. 26, pi. ii, fig. 2. 1914. Pellegrin, Ann. Inst. Ocean., vol. vi, p. 51. D X 16 (C. and V.) or D XII 15 (Gunther). A III 15-16. Scales : 66 ;
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. es : 58-60 ; -. Pyloric caeca 3. (Plate XXVIII, fig. 3.) Length.—Up to 270 mm. Colour.—Uniform (as preserved). Locality.—Natal coast, 114-192 fathoms. Type in British Museum ; topotypes in South African Museum. * Marsis melanurus (C. and V.). 1830. Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. vi, p. 422. 1882. Steindachner,Denk. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. xliv, p. 26, pi. ii, fig. 2. 1914. Pellegrin, Ann. Inst. Ocean., vol. vi, p. 51. D X 16 (C. and V.) or D XII 15 (Gunther). A III 15-16. Scales : 66 ; — . Pyloric caeca J Length.—Up to 200 mm. * Not the same as Maenas Klein (inadmissible under Opinion 21, Intern. Comm.),or Maenas Hubn. 181G (Lepidoptera). PLATE XXVIIL FIG. TEXT-PAGE 1. Scorpis Uthophilus G. and T. (original photo) ..... 663 2. Pomadasys bennetii (Lowe) (original photo) ...... 677 3. Marsis australis (Regan) (original photo) ...... 682 4. Sparus durbanensis (Cast.) (original photo) ..... 688 Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. XXI. Plate Xeill & Ltd. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa. 683 Colour.—Leaden, with yellowish reflections above, silvery below,a large black spot at base of caudal fin and a smaller one at base ofpectoral, fins olivaceous. Locality.—Mossamedes (Pellegrin). Distribution.—Goree, Cape Verde. Fam. 46. Sparidae. Body oblong or ovate, more or less elevated, compressed, with ratherlarge, feebly crenulate (never truly ctenoid) scales. Mouth rathersmall, nearly horizontal, moderately protractile. Maxilla slippingunder preorbital for most of its length, without supplemental villiform, conical, incisor-like, or molariform ; none on vomer(except Evynnis) or palatines. Nostrils paired. Gill-membranes freefrom isthmus. Gills 4, a slit behind 4th. Pseudobranchiae fin single, sometimes deeply notched. Anal spines 3. Ventralsthoracic, of a spine and 5 rays, with axillary process. Caud
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