Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 953 



Coriiphwna siieurii, CuviER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 302, 1833, Philadelphia. 

 Coryphxna dorado, Ci'ViEU & V.vleniue.nnes, Hist. Xat. I'uiss., i\, 303, 1833, Brazil. 

 Oori/phienii dolfyn, CuviER ct Vai.excibnnes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 305, 1833, Antilles. 

 Conjphxna virguta, Cuviek & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 308, 1833, Martinique; after 



Plumier. 

 OoryphiKiia argyruriis, Cdvier & Vai-enciennes, I. c, ix, 314, 1833, Sea of Coromandel. 

 Coi-iiplnena vlamingii, Clvier & Valenciennes, I. c, ix, 315, 1833, seas of India: afti^- I!f.nahi>. 

 Laiiipiigns siciiUts, CuviER & VALENCIENNES, I. c, IX, 323, 1833, Sicily. 

 Coryjiiiiina scoMberoides, CuviEH & VALENCIENNES, /. c, ix, 315, 1833, South Sea; aftir (Meru- 



glossUS of COMMERSON. 



Coriiplioiiia unenri, Jordan ct Gilbert, Synopsis, 455, 1883. 



1353. CORTPH.ENA EQUISETIS, Linnaous. 



(.Small Dolphin.) 



Head U to 4? ; depth 3? to i. D. 51 to 55; A. 24 to 26; vertebrte 33. 

 Profile of head convex, but not nearly vertical, even in the adult; max- 

 illary reaching front of pupil, 3| to 4* in head. Insertion of dorsal behind 

 eye ; pectorals equal half length of head ; maxillary reaching middle of 

 eye; profile of snout becoming nearly vertical with age; front of anal 

 under middle of body. Colors brilliant in life, changing suddenly at 

 death ; brownish olive above, white or golden below, with bright-blue 

 spots, the largest on the back and head, forming bands on the snout; 

 dorsal purplish blue, with paler oblique lines ; other fins tinged with 

 blue; caudal yellow ; in spirits pale, with blackish spots on the lower 

 parts. " Male with the front elevated, forming a crest, which projects a 

 little beyond the upper jaw ; female with blue spots along each side of 

 the tail, regularly arranged." (Poey.) Length 30 inches. Open Atlantic; 

 rare in the West Indies ; not recorded from coast of the United States. 

 (e(/«H.s, horse; se<a, bristle, tail.) (En.) 



OorijplneniteiiiiiseliSjTjiii'sm.vs, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 1758, 261, (misprinted equiselis), high seas; 



after Dorado of Osbeck, Resa Cliina, 308, 17.57; Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



IX, 297, 1833; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, !n4, 1883. 

 CorypluEita aitralii, Kafinesque, Caratteri, &c., 33, 1810, Sicily. 

 Corypliieiia leiinmiii, Gi'viER & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 307, 1833, India. 

 Liwijiiiijiix piiiiiliilaUis, CuviER & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 327, 1833. Atlantic at the 



Equator. 

 Lampiigiis neapolitanus, CuviER 4 Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 325, 18;i:j, Naples; after 



Block. 

 Coryphiena azoricn, CuviER &, VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 306, 1833, Azores. 

 Cnryphienn puiichdata, Jordan it Gilbert, Synopsis, 454, 1883. 



Family CXXX. LAMPEIDyE. 



(The Mariposas.') 



Body ovate, compressed, and elevated, covered with minute, cycloid 

 scales. Head small, rather pointed. Mouth small, terminal, without 

 teeth in the adulf , its angle with slits in the skin to permit the motion of 

 the jaws, as in the tunnies. Premaxillaries protractile. Oi)ercular bones 

 entire. Dorsal fin single, very long, elevated, and falcate in front, with- 

 out distinct spines ; anal long and low, not at all falcate ; both tins 



