,394 ORDER MALACOPTERYGII ABDOMINALES. 



Scomber-esox, Lacep. Sairis, Rqfin. 



The same structure of muzzle as Belone, and pretty 

 nearly the same appearance, and the same scales, 

 with the carinated range along the belly ; but the last 

 rays of their dorsal and anal are detached in false fins, 

 as in the mackerel. 



There is one of them in the Mediterranean, the 

 Scombresoce camperien, Lac. V. vi. 3 ; Esox sanrus, 

 Bl., Schn. pi. lxxviii. 2 ; Sairis nians, Rafin. Nuov. 

 gen. ix. 1 \ 



Hemiramphus, Cuv. 



The intermaxillaries form the edge of the upper jaw, 

 which, as well as the edge of the under, is furnished 

 with small teeth ; but the upper is very short, and 

 the symphysis of the under is prolonged into a long 

 point, or semi-beak, without teeth. In other respects, 

 in their port, their fins, and their viscera, they resemble 

 Belone. Their scales are tolerably large, and round, 

 and there is a range of them carinated along the 

 belly. 



Several species of hemiramphus are found in the 

 warm latitudes of both hemispheres ; their flesh, 

 though oily, is agreeable to the taste 2 . 



1 Add Scomber-esox equirostris, Lesueur, Ac. Sc. Nat. Philad. 

 [. 132. Sc. scutellatus, Id. ib. 



2 Species of India : Hcmir. longiroslris, Cuv., or Kuddera, C, 

 Russell 178. H. breviroslris, or Kuddera, B., Russell 177, Wil- 

 lughb. App. Bl. vii. f. 4. //. marginal its, Cuv., Lacep. V. vii. 2. //. 



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