■402 SCOPELID.^E. 



Salmo (Harpadon) microps, Lcmwur, Joxirn. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 



1825, V. p. 48. pi. 3. 

 Saurus ophiodon, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. Sf Val. xxii. p. 490. 

 nehareus, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 301 ; Catit. Mul. Rept. p. 273. 



B. 23-25. D. 12-13. A. 15. V. 9. Vert. 38. C^c. pyl. 22. 

 The scales commence between dorsal and ventral fins. The pec- 

 toral extends to, or somewhat beyond, the base of the ventrals. 

 Indian and Chinese Seas. 



a, h, c. Adnlt. China. 



d. Head of an adult. China. 



e. Young. Chusan. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



/. Half-grown. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 g-h. Fine specimens. Ganges. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 i. Adult : skeleton (in spirits). Ganges. Presented by G. E.Water- 



house, Esq. 

 l\ Dried specimen, prepared for eating. Presented by G. E,. Gray, 



Esq. 



4. AULOPUS. 



Aulopus, Cicv. Regne Anim. 



Head and body rather elongate, slightly compressed, covered with 

 scales of moderate size. Cleft of the mouth very wide ; maxiUary 

 well developed, dilated behind. Teeth small, cardiform, in bands, 

 in the jaws, on the vomer, palatine and pterygoid bones, and on the 

 tongue. Eye of moderate size. Pectoral and ventral fins well deve- 

 loped; the latter nine-rayed, inserted close behind the pectorals, below 

 the anterior dorsal rays. Dorsal fin in the middle of the length of 

 the body, rather elongate, with fifteen or more rays ; adipose fin 

 small ; anal of moderate length ; caudal forked. Gill-opening very 

 wide ; branchiostegals numerous ; pseudobranchise well developed. 

 Pyloric appendages few in number. Air-bladder none. 



Mediterranean and the neighbouring parts of the Atlantic ; Aus- 

 tralian Seas. 



1. Aulopus filamentosus. 



Salmo filamentosus, Bloch, Schrift. Natiirforsch. Freund. Berl. x. taf. 9. 



fig. 2. 



tirus, Rajinesqne. 



Osmerus saurus, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 325. 



Aulopus filamentosus, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Bonap. Faun. lUd. Pese. c. 



fig. ; Cuv. i^ Val. xxii. p. 513. 

 Saurus lacerta, Risso, Fur. Merid. iii. p. 463; Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. 



p. 188, and Pi oc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 88. 

 Aulopus filifer, Valenc. in Webb Sf Berthel. lies Canar. Poiss. p. 73. 



pi. 15. fig. 2. 

 maculatus, Valenc. I. c. p. 74. pi. 15. fig. 3. 



B. 16. D. 15. A. 11-12. V. 9. L. lat. 54. L. transv. 5/6. 



Vert. 30/21. Cffic. pyl. 5-6. 

 The length of the head is contained thrice and one-third in the 

 total (without caudal) ; the second and third dorsal rays produced 



