BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 557 



396. Thynnus MacCoyi, Casteln. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, Yictoria, Vol. I., p. 104. 



D. 13-14. 1/13 IX. A. 1/13 IX. 



Height of body one-f ourtk of tlie length ; body short and thick ; 

 lower jaw rather longer than the upper ; diameter of the eye 

 one-fifth of the length of the head. Scales very small, those of 

 the lateral line about 180 in number, being a little larger and 

 keeled. Colour bluish-black, with brown tinges on the sides of 

 the head. Length 23 inches. 



Melbourne. 



Genus Pelamys, Cuv. & Yal. 

 Body oblong or slightly elongate ; cleft of mouth wide. Dorsal 

 spines feeble : seven to nine dorsal finlets, six or more anal. Scales 

 of pectoral region forming a corslet. Teeth of moderate strength, 

 teeth on the palatines, none on the vomer. A keel on each side 

 of the tail. Seven branchiostegals ; air-bladder none ; pyloric 

 appendages dendritical. 



Ocean Pishes. 



397. Pelamys austealis, w. sj). 

 D. 19. 3/12 Yii. A. 3/12 vi. 



Height of body about one-fourth of total length, snout pointed, 

 about three times the diameter of the eye in length ; the maxillary 

 extends beyond the vertical from the posterior margin of the orbit ; 

 teeth in the jaws rather strong and far apart; preeopercuUmi 

 strongly striolated ; lateral line wavy and nearly straight. Body 

 naked, caudal keels very strong. Bluish on the back, silvery on 

 the sides and belly, with seven or eight longitudinal brown bands 

 on the back and sides. 



Port Jackson (Macl. Mus.) 



