470 CLUPEID.T5. 



pterygoid bones, on the tongue, and on the base of the skull. ])orsal 

 fin opposite to ventrals ; anal rather shorter than dorsal. Gill- 

 membranes entirely separate, with very numerous brauchiostegals. 

 Pseudobranchia) well developed. Pyloric appendages numerous. 

 Tropical and subtropical seas. 



1. Elops saurus. 



Shane, Jamaica, ii. p. 284, pi. 250. fig. 1. 



? Harengus minor, Cateshy, ii. p. 24. 



Elops sam-us, L. Sijst. Nat. i. p. 518 ; Blocli, tab. 393. fig. 1 ; Bl. Schii. 



p. 430, tab. 82; Dekai/, Kew York Fauna, Fish. p. 267, pi. 41. 



f.^131; Cuv. ^ Val. xix. p. 365; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 287; Bleek. 



Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Haring, p. 14 ; Gronov, Syst, ed. Gray, 



p. 168 ; Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 338. 

 Aj-geutina Carolina, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 519. 

 Argentina macbnata, Forsk. Descr. An. p. 68. 

 Mugilomorus annae carolinjB, Lacep. v. p. 398. 

 Russvll, pi. 179. 



Elops inerniis, Mitchill, Lit. Sc Phil Trans. Neic York, i. p. 445. 

 Elops machnata, MUjjp. N. W. Fische, p. 80 ; Richards. Voy. Ereh. 



8f Terr. Fish. p. 59, pi. 36. figs. 3-5; and Ichih. Chin. p. 311 ; Schley. 



Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 241, pi. 109. fig. 2: Gimth. Fish. Zanz. 



p. 121. 



purpm-ascens, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 311. 



capeusis, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Pise. pi. 7. 



B. 29-35. D. 23-24. A. 15-17. Y. 14-15. L. lat. 108. 



L. transv. 13/15. Vert. 62 {Rupp.), 72 {Val.), 51/32 {Hyrtl). 



The length of the head is one-fourth of the total length (without 

 caudal) and much more than the height of the body. Lower jaw 

 scarcely projecting beyond the upper. MaxiUary extending far be- 

 hind the orbit ; cheek covered by the dilated posterior part of the 

 suborbital ring. Uniform silvery. 



Trojncal and subtropical seas. 



a. Half-grown. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 h-c. Adult : skins. Jamaica. Purchased of Dr. Parnell. 



d. Young. St. Croix. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



e. Young. South America. Presented by Sir K. Schomburgk. 



/. Half-grown : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sir A. 

 Smith. 



f/. Forty-five inches long : stuffed. Zanzibar. From the Collection 

 of Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



h. Half-grown : skin. Zanzibar. From the Collection of Lieut.- 

 Col. Playfair. 



i-l\ Half-grown : skins. East Africa. Presented by Dr. Kirk. 



?. Half-grown: stuffed. Djedda. 



m. Half-grown : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



11. Adult: stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



0. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



