BY W. MACLEAY F.L.S. 553 



four, the latter with two or three spines ; caudal deeply forked ; 

 ventrals thoracic, with one spine and five rays. The jaws with 

 an outer series of stronger teeth, the teeth of the palatine bones 

 and of the vomer are easily lost. Opercles entire. Seven branchi- 

 ostegals ; air-bladder none . Pyloric appendages in small numb er . 

 Almost all seas. 



389. Brama Eaii, B1. 

 Gunth., Cat. Fishes II., p. 408.— Cuv. & YaL, pi. 190. ^ 



D. 3/30-33. A. 2 '27. L. lat. 80-95. L. transv. 13/23. C«c. 

 pylor. 5. Yert. 16 '26. 



The greatest height of the body is below the origin of the dorsal 

 fin, and is one-third of the total length ; the eye is situated in the 

 centre of the head ; the pectoral fins reach to the middle of tlie 

 anal fin. Coloration uniform. 



Port Jackson (Castlenau.) 



Family XX. NOMEID^. 



Scombroid fishes with two dorsal fins, sometimes finlets ; caudal 

 fin forked. Scales cycloid, of moderate size ; body oblong. 



Genus Nomeus, Cuv. & Yal. 



Body oblong, rather compressed, covered with cycloid scales of 

 very small size ; cleft of mouth narrow. Lateral line without 

 armature. First dorsal fin with ten or eleven spines, the second 

 and anal more developed ; no detached finlets ; no separate anal 

 spines. Yentral fins long and broad, attached to the belly by a 

 membrane and can be received in a fissure of the abdomen. Teeth 

 small, forming single series in the jaws ; teeth on the vomer and 

 palatines. Pyloric appendages very numerous. Air-bladder 

 present ; branchiostegals six. 



Tropical Atlantic, Indian and Polynesian Seas. 



