202 ORDER ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



approximate them also to the squamipennes. Inde- 

 pendently of the ordinary lateral line, there is a stria 

 on the flank, which has been considered as a second 

 one. The oesophagus is armed with a number of 

 spines, which are attached to the velvety coat by 

 radiating roots. 



S.Jiatola, Lin., Belon. aquat. 153, Rondel. 493 \ A 

 pretty, oblong species, inhabiting the Mediterranean, 

 remarkable for spots, and interrupted bands of a 

 golden tint, on a lead-coloured ground. 



S. stellatus, Cuv., from the coast of Peru, is nearly 

 similar in form, but is sprinkled with black spots. It 

 is common in the markets of Lima. 



Several other species inhabit the Indian Ocean, 

 called by the French colonists Pamples. They are 

 generally more elevated than the flatola, and spines 

 or trenchant blades are frequently found before their 

 dorsal, and even before their anal 2 . We may distin- 

 guish from among them 



Peprilus, Cuv. 



Where the pelvis forms a trenchant and pointed blade 

 before the anus, that might be taken for a vestige 



1 This figure, in which the left pectoral is hent downwards, being 

 mistaken by Lacep. for a ventral, gave rise to his genus Chrysostro- 

 mus, which must consequently be suppressed. 



-yThe Stromateus niger, Bl. 422, and better 160, under the false 

 name of Str. paru, Russ. 43. The Str. albus, Cuv., Russ. 44.,? Sir. 

 candidus, Cuv., Russ. 42. Str. argenteus, Euphrasen, Nouv. Mem. 

 de Stockh. IX. pi. ix. or Sir. aculeatus, Bl. Schn. Str. griseus, Cuv. 



