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XIPHIID^. 

 Xiphias gladius Linnaeus. 



Syst. Nat,, Ed. X, 1758, p. 248. In Oceano Europse. Bonaparte, Cat. 



Met. Pesc. Europ., Napoli, 1846, p. SO. 



Two examples from Italy, Bonaparte Coll. (Nos. 367 and ^.) Dr. 

 T. B. Wilson. One of these is a dried skin about 3 feet in length. 



LEPIDOPID^. 



Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen). 



Trichiurus caudatus Euphrasen, Kon. Schwed. Akad. Wiss. Abhaiidl., IX, 



1788, p. 48, PL 9, upper figure. In Oceano, ad Cap. b. Spei. 

 Lepidopus ensiformis Bonaparte, Cat. Met. Pesc. Europ., Napoli, 1846, p. 78. 



Several examples in the Bonaparte Coll. from Dr. Wilson. Italy. 



TRICHIURID^. 



TRICHIURUS Linnceus. 



Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, p. 246 (lepturus). 



Encheliopus Klem, in Walbaum, Pet. Arted. Gen. Pise, III, 1792, p. 583. 



(Type Trichiurus lepturus Linna?us.) 

 Enchelyopus Bleeker, Versl. Med. Kon. Ak. Wet. Amsterdam, (2) II, 1868, 



p. 292 Qiaumela). 



LEPTURACANTHUS subgen. nov. 

 Type Trichiurus sarcda Cuvier. 



Anterior anal spine enlarged, and the others all more or less distinct. 

 Eye usiialh^ small. 



(AsTTTvi, slender; ahpd, tail; a/.w^Oa^ thorn.) 



Trichiurus savala Cuvier. 



Hist. Nat. Poiss., Vm, 1831, p. 184, PI. 224. Pondichery. (MM. Lesclie- 

 nault et Dussumier.) 



Head 7f ; depth 18; D. about 107?; A. LXXIV? (and a few more 

 obsolete); snout 2| in head, from tip of upper jaw; eye 7; maxillary 

 2\; interorbital space 7. Rakers 5 + 8. First anal spine enlarged. 

 Iris silvery. Body apparently uniform silvery. Fins pale. Length 

 14f inches. Singapore, ^Malacca. Dr. M. Burrough. 



Subgenus TRICHIURUS Linnseus. 



First anal spine not enlarged. 



Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus. 



Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, p. 246. America. China. 

 Many examples from San Domingo and St. Martin's (West Indies), 

 Surinam and coast of Brazil. A number are small, and the largest is 

 nearly 3 feet long. They range about as follows : Head 6^ to 7f ; depth 

 12^ to 16i; D. 132 to 138; A. XCVIII to CVII; snout 2f to 3^ in head, 

 from tip of upper jaw; eye 5 to 7; interorbital space 6i to 7^. 



