in the Fish Gallery of the Indian Museum. 5 1 



Family XVIII. StroniateidcB [Case 48]. 



A very small family of marine fishes allied to the 

 Mackerels. The only Indian representatives are the 

 Pomfrets, justly celebrated for the table. 



It is not generally known to the inhabitants of 

 Calcutta that Pomfrets abound off the Sandheads. 



Other species of Pomfrets are found off the West 

 Indies and neighbouring coasts of America and in the 

 Mediterranean. 



Family XIX. Covyplxcenidce [Case 48]. 



The so-called "Dolphins" are predaceous fishes of 

 the open sea, allied to the Mackerels. Two species 

 occur in Indian Seas. One of these, Coryphcena hipp- 

 uruSy ranges from the Atlantic to the Indian and 

 Pacific Oceans and is also found in the Mediterra- 

 nean. 



Family XX. ScombridcB [Case 47]. 



The well-known family of Mackerels has seventeen 

 representatives in Indian waters, several of which, 

 known as " Seer-fish," run the Pomfrets very close in 

 estimation for the " equal feast/' 



Like the " Dolphins" they are inhabitants of the open 

 sea and are among the most active and predaceous of all 

 fishes. To see and hear a shoal of Tunnies in pursuit of 

 a shoal of flying-fish — as may be done in the neighbour- 

 hood of the Laccadive Islands — is one of the sights 

 and sounds of the sea. 



The following species range through the tropical parts 

 of the Atlantic and Pacific : — Thynnus thunnina, Thyn- 

 nus pelamys, Elacate nigra, Echeneis naucrates, Echeneis 

 remora, Echeneis brachyptera. All of these, with the 

 exception of Elacate nigra, are said to occur in the 



