Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 951 



recorded by Liitkeii from deep water off Jamaica and Martiuiiiue. 

 {KvavEoq, blue; (>(pfj'r(:, eyebrow.) 



Psenes ctjmiophri/s, CuviEa & "Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 200, pi. 205, 1833, New Ice- 

 land; LOtken, Spolia Atlantica, 110, 1880. 

 rseiiesjariitiiciis, CuviER & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 264, 1833, Java. 

 Pscms auraliis, CuviEU & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 20J, ls:i3, Gulf of Bengal. 

 Pseiiesfu.tciis, Guichenot, Mem. Sue. Sci. Nat. Cherbourj;, 1860, 138, Madagascar. 

 Cubicejis multiradiatiis, GuNiiiER, Proc. Zoiil. Soc. Loud., 1871, 001, pi. 01, Manado. 



1350. PSENES MACULATUS, Liitkeu. 



HeadSf to3|; depth about 3. D. XI, I, 22 or 23; A. Ill, 23. Body 

 rather elongate ; eye 3 in head, half longer than snout ; fins somewhat 

 scaly; scales behind eye and on interopercle; no others on head. Pec- 

 toral length less than depth of body. Teeth in one row in each jaw. 

 Dusky, with diffuse spots forming 7 broad cross bauds on back and 

 tail, extending on the fins; first dorsal mostly black, second with 2 

 dark bands. Open Atlantic. (Liitken.) One specimen taken by the 

 Albatross in 27° 49^ N., 76° 12^ W., at the surface in 633 fathoms. Accord- 

 ing to Liitken, this is very likely the young of Psencs cajjensis, Smith, 

 but that species has D. X, I, 19; A. I, 19. {macuJaius, spotted.) 



Psenes maculatus, Ltjtken, Spolia Atlantica,110, 1880, open Atlantic, 39° N.,25°4'S., and between 

 34° and 27° W. 



1351. PSENES RE6DLUS, Poey. 



D. X, I, 15; A, III, 15; V. I, 5. Eye median, 3 in head. Body regu- 

 larly oval, compressed; teeth uuiserial, cylindrical, short, slender, close- 

 set. Silvery with blue spots, some large, others rounded, about 20 in all, 

 distributed without order and about as large as eye, a baud passing 

 through eye ; cheeks silvery. Coasts of Cuba. Length 3i inches. (Poey.) 

 Specimens apparently similar to the type of Psenes rcfjulus have been 

 recorded under other names from the East Indies, {regulus, dirainutiv^e 

 of rex, king.) 



Psenes regulus, Poey, Synopsis, 375, 1S68, Cuba. 



Ciihiceps indieus, Day, Proc. Zoiil. Soc. Lond., 1871, 090, Madras. 



Oubiceps ]}auciradialus, Gunther, Ann. Nat. Hist., x, 1872, 423, Misol. 



Family CXXIX. CORYPH^NID^. 



(The Dolphins.) 



Body elongate, compressed, covered with small cycloid scales. Cleft of 

 the mouth wide, oblique, the lower jaw projecting. Cardiform teeth in 

 the jaws and on the vomer and palatine bones ; a patch of villiform teeth 

 on the tongue ; no teeth on the ojsophagus. Opercular bones entire. 

 Skull with a crest, which is much more elevated in the adult than in the 

 young. A single, many-rayed dorsal fin, not greatly elevated, extending 

 from the nape nearly to the caudal fin ; anal similar, but shorter; both 

 without distinct spines ; pectoral fins very short and small ; ventrals well 

 developed, thoracic, I, 5, partly received into a groove in the abdomen ; 



