. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 360 Annals of the South African Museum. 1879. Table Bay, S. African Museum Keport for 1879. 8 ft. 6 in., tail mutilated. 1886. February/March. Knysna, reported to S. African Museum. Since 1927 the following specimens have been reported to the South African Museum:— 1929 May. Kei Eiver mouth. 1930 April. Kentani. 1930 April. Knysna. 1935 March. Gordon's Bay, False Bay. 1936 July. Port St. Johns. 1939 March. Kommetje, west coast of Cape Peninsula. 1939 October. Port St. Johns. 1941 February. Port St. J
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 360 Annals of the South African Museum. 1879. Table Bay, S. African Museum Keport for 1879. 8 ft. 6 in., tail mutilated. 1886. February/March. Knysna, reported to S. African Museum. Since 1927 the following specimens have been reported to the South African Museum:— 1929 May. Kei Eiver mouth. 1930 April. Kentani. 1930 April. Knysna. 1935 March. Gordon's Bay, False Bay. 1936 July. Port St. Johns. 1939 March. Kommetje, west coast of Cape Peninsula. 1939 October. Port St. Johns. 1941 February. Port St. Johns. Together with those in the 1925 monograph the total is 23 records. The 1879 specimen is no longer in existence, having probably been discarded when a better specimen came to hand in 1906. Family MONOCENTKIDAE. Monocentris japonicus (Hout.). Fig. 6. 1914. Yoshizawa, Dobutsu-Gaku-Zashi, xxviii, p. 411, figs, (luminous organ). 1925. Barnard, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xxi, p. 360, pi. 14, fig. 6. Fig. 6.—Monocentris japonicus (Hout.). External view of left ramus of lower jaw, showing luminous pad. 1926. Okada, Woods Hole Biol. Bull., 50, p. 365, figs. 1-7 (photo- genic organ). 1928. Yasaki, J. Exp. Zool. Philad., 50, p. 495, pis. (luminescence). In January 1939 Dr. Nanni, Curator of the East London Aquarium, wrote to me stating he had in his aquarium a Pine-cone Fish with a pair of luminous organs on its chin, and wanting to know whether his specimen could possibly be the Australian Cleidopus, in which. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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