1. BELONE, 241 



d. Half-grown. China. Presented by Admiral Sir E. Belcher. 



e. Adult. Eormosa. From Consul Swinhoe's Collection. 

 f~g. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



h. Adult. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection, as Belone cJioram {=gi- 



gantea). 

 i. Young. Gilolo. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection : type of Belone 



brachyrhynchus. 



14. Belone melanostigma. 

 Cuv. 8f- J'al. xviii. p. 450. 



D. 24. A. 25. 

 Beak very short, the length of the head being two-ninths of the 

 total (with the caudal). The hinder dorsal and anal rays are pro- 

 longed. Teeth extremely small. Sides with three large black 

 blotches and numerous dots. ( Val.) 

 Ked Sea, 



15. Belone carihbaea. 



Belone cambaja, Lesiieur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. ii. 1821, p. 127 ; 

 Cm. ^ Val. p. 430. 



D. 23-24. A. 21-22. P. 12. 



The free portion of the tail is somewhat depressed, and provided 

 with a very slight longitudinal keel on each side. The length of the 

 head is one-third of the total (without caudal). Teeth of moderate 

 size. Upper jaw shorter than lower; the diameter of the eye is 

 rather less than the width of the interorbital space, and two-fifths of 

 the length of the postorbital portion of the head. The length of the 

 pectoral equals the distance of the opercular margin from the or])it. 

 Ventral fin nearer to the head than to the caudal. The middle and 

 hinder dorsal rays are somewhat prolonged, and form a lobe as deep 

 as, or deeper than, the anterior one ; the last ray extends nearly to 

 the root of the caudal. Posterior anal rays not produced. Caudal 

 fin forked. Scales minute. 



West Indies. 



a-b. Adidt. Dominica. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



c-h. Adult, half-grown, and young : skins. Jamaica. From Mr. 



ParneU's Collection. 

 i-Jc. Two and a half inches long. New Orleans. , 



16. Belone gerania. 



Cuv. ^ Val. p. 437. 



D, 25. A. 21. 



Beak very thick and short. Eye large, its diameter being more 

 than one-half of its distance from the opercular margin ; interorbital 

 space wide. The lower or jjosterior part of the pra-orbital is longer 

 and broader than the upper or anterior. Caudal fin forked. ( Val.) 



Martinique. 



