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Fam.: XIPHIIDAE. 



Xiphias gladius, Linn. 



JX-iphias glacHiis, Linn. Syst. i. p- 432. 



Xiphias gladius. Cur. & Val. viii. p. 255, pi. 225, 226. La cote 



d'Afrique jusqu'an Cap- M. Quoy ct Gaimard en ont dessine 



nn an cabinet de la ville du cap. 

 Xiphias gladius. Cast. Mem- p. 42- Occurs, though rare, in Cape 



Seas (quoted?) 

 Xiphias gladius, Blkr. Visclic v.d. Kaal^. p. 53 (quoted)- 



Histiophorus gladius, Brouss. 



Scomber gladius, Brouss. Mem. Acad. Se- 17S6. p. 454, pi. 10. 

 llistiophorus indicus, Cnz'. & J'al. viii. p. 293, pi. 229- 

 Histiophorus gladius, Gunlh. ii. p. 513- Cape of Good Hope. 



Histiophorus granulifer, Cast. 



Histiophorus granulifer. Cast- Mem. p. 42. Described from a 

 mutilated skeleton in Cape Town Museum, found after a 

 violent storm at St. Sebastian Bay. 



Histiophorus herschelii, Gray. 



Tetrapturus herschelii. Graw Ann. Nat. Hist. i. p. 313, pi. 10. 

 Histiophorus herschelii, Gnnth. ii. p. 513. Table Bay. (Type of 

 species). 



Fam. : SPHYRAENIDAE. 



Sphyraena jello, C. & Y. 



Sphyrssna jello, Cuv- & Val iii. p- 349- 



Sphyraena jello, Bclangcr, Voy. Zool. p. 346, pi. i. f. i. < Not 



good,'' Gunther). 

 Sphyrjena jello, Gwiih. ii. p. 337- Cape Seas. 



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