2. SCOMBRESOX. 257 



As in Belone, the jaws are not produced in very young fishes, and 

 during growth the lower jaw is much in advance of the upper. 



1. Scomhresox saurus. 



Saury or Skipper. 



Lacertus vel Saurus, Willughby, Hist. Pise. p. 232. 



Skipper, Ruy, Si/uops. p. 1(35. 



Esox saurus, Walbaum, Artedi, iii. p. 93 ; Bl. Sclin. p. 394, taf. 78. 



fig. 2 ; Rackett, Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 60, tab. 5 ; Turton, Brit. 



Faun. p. 105 ; Neill, Werner, Mem. i. p. 641 ; Donoo. Brit. Fish. 



V. pi. 116. 

 Saury Pike, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 284, pi. 64 ; or edit. 1812, iii. 



p. 424, pi. 75 ; and Tour Scotl. 2nd edit. p. 298, taf. 17. f 2 ; Yarr. 



Brit. Fish. i. p. 394, aud 2nd edit. i. p. 446. 

 Scomberesox camperii, Lacep. v. p. 345, pi. 6. iig. 3 ; Cuv. 8f Val. xviii. 



p. 464, pi. 551 ; Kroyer, Danm. Fisk. iii. p. 278 ; Thomps. Nat. 



Hist. Ireland, iv. p. 142 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 3rd edit. i. p. 465 ; 



Nilss. Of vers. Svemk. Vet. Acad. Forhandl. 1864, p. 501. 

 Scomberesox saurus, Flem. Brii. An. p. 184 ; Parnell, Werner. Mem. 



vii. p. 276. 

 Belone saurus, Jenyns, Man. p. 419. 

 Bill-fish, Storer, Fish. Massach. p. 100. 

 Scomberesox storeri, Dekay, New York Faun. Fish. p. 229, pi. 35. 



fig. Ill (very bad). 



Young (2-3 inches long). 



Scomberesox scutellatum, Lcsueiir, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii, 



1821, p. 132. 

 Scombresox scutellatus, Cuv. Sf Val. xviii. p. 477. 



B. 13. D. lO-ll + V-YI. A. 13-l-VI-VII. P. 12. V. 6. 



L.lat. 110. 



Lower jaw longer than the upper. The length of the head is about 

 two-sevenths of the total (without caudal) in full-grown individuals ; 

 but the snout is considerably shorter in young specimens. Base of 

 the ventral fin midway between the root of the caudal and the ante- 

 rior margin of the eye. The diameter of the eye is contained twice 

 and two-thirds in the length of the postorhital part of the head. 

 Air-bladder present, large. 



Atlantic coasts of Europe, Africa, and North America. 



a. Adult. Norfolk. Presented by Messrs. Olliff & Co. 

 h. Adult : skin, bad state. England. 



c. Half-grown. Banks of Newfoundland. Presented by W. Win- 



stone, Esq. 



d. Half-grown. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 e-g. Adult and half-gTOwn : skins. Cape of Good Hope. Presented 



by Sir A. Smith. 

 h, i. Half- grown. 



Young examples. 

 Ic, l-p. From 1| to 7 inches long. Atlantic, 3° N. of the lino. Pre- 

 sented by J. B. Godfrey, Esq. 



