468 cLrrEiD.T3. 



' Fifth Group. ALBULINA. 

 Mouth inferior, of moderate width, toothed; upper jaw pro- 

 jecting beyond the lower ; intermaxillary juxtaposed to the upper 

 anterior edge of maxillary. 



15. ALBULA. 



Albula, Gronov. Zoophyl. p. 102. 



Eutyi'iuus, Lacep. v. p. 45. 



Glossodus, {Ciiv.) Agassiz, in Spix, Pise. Brusil. p. 48. 



Body oblong, moderately compressed ; abdomen flat. Scales of 

 moderate size, adherent ; lateral line distinct. Eyes covered with 

 a broad annnlar adipose membrane. Snout pointed ; mouth inferior; 

 intermaxillary short, maxillary forming the lateral part of the mouth. 

 Bands of villiform teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and palatine 

 bones ; broad patches of coarse granular teeth on the sphenoid, 

 pterygoid, and hngual bones. Dorsal fin opposite to veutrals ; anal 

 fin shorter than dorsal. Gill-membranes entirely separate, with 

 numerous branchiostegals ; pseudobranchioe well developed. Pyloric 

 appendages numerous. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. 



1. Albula Conor hynchus. 



Vubarana, Piso, Hist. Nat. Ind. iii. p. 63. 



Amia, Brown, Jamaica, p. 442. no. 2. 



Bantam, Renard, i. tab. 34. iig. 184. 



Macabi, Parra, p. 88, tab. 35. 



Conorhynchus, Nozeman, in Act. Select, iii. p. 382, tab. 9. 



Albula, sp., Gronov. Zoophyl. p. 102. no. 327. 



Argentina glossodonta, Forsk. Descr. An. p. 68 ; Lacep. v. p. 366. 



Albula conorbj'ncbus, Bl. Schn. p. 432. 



plumieri, Bl. Schn. tab. 86. 



Clupea brasiliensis, Bl. Schn. p. 427. 



Amia immaculata, Bl. Schn. p. 451. 



Synodus argenteus, Bl. Schn. p. 398. 



Clupea macrocepbala, Lacep. v. pp. 426, 460, pi. 14. fig. 1. 



Butyrinus banana, Lacep. v. p. 46. 



Synodus vulpes, Lacep. v. p. 321, pi. 8. fig. 2. 



On " Argentina glossodonta," Cuv. Mem. Mus. v. p. 371. 



Esox argenteus, Forst. Descript. An. ed. Lichtenstein, p. 196 ; Bl. Schn. 



p. 395. 

 Engi-aulis serious. Spiv, Pise. Bras. tab. 23. fig. 2. 



baliiensis, Spix, I. c. tab. 24. fig. 2. 



Glossodu.5 forskalii, Agass. in Spix, I. c. p. 49. 



Butiriuu.5 glossodontus, Piipp. N. W. Fische, p. 80, taf. 20. fig. 3 ; 



Schley. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 242, tab. 109. fig. 1. 

 Albula macrocepbala, Car. ^ Vol. xix. p. 324. 



parra), Cuv. Sf Val. xix. p. 339. 



goreensis, Cuv. <§• Val, xix. p. 312. 



