3. HEMrRHASTPHirS. 259 



5. Scombresox saira. 



Brevoort, in Perry's Narrat. Exped. Chin. Sf Japan, ii. Fi&h, p. 281, 

 pi. 7. fig. 4. 



This fish is known from a figure only ; and readily distinguished 

 bj- having the jaws scarcely produced, the eye being nearly midway 

 betw^een the extremity of the snout and the opercular margin. The 

 fish is represented with five postdorsal, and foiu' postanal finlets. 



The drawing is 11| inches long, and Avas made in Japan. 



3. HEMIRHAMPHUS*. 



Hemirliamphus, Cuv. JR'egne Anim. 



Ilyporhamplius, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 131, and 



'18(13, p. 272. 

 Euleptorliamphus, Gill, I. c. p. 156. 

 Zeuarcliopterus, Oxvporhamplius, Gill, I. c. 1863, p. 273. 

 Dermatogenvs (K. Sf v. H.), Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Perl. 1865, 



p. 133. 

 Hemirhamphodou, etc., Bleek. Ned. Tydschr. Dierk. iii. p. 139. 



The lower jaw is prolonged into a long, slender beak ; the upper is 

 short, the intermaxillaries forming a triangular more or less convex 



* 1. Hemiramphus marginatus, Lesueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii. p. 134 

 (not Forsk.).— West Indies.— D. 14. A. 12. 



2. reynaldi, C. S^- V. xix. p. 39 ; Day. Fish. Malabar, p. 168.— Ceylon, 



Calcutta. — D. Ki. A. 15. Closely allied to H. dussumierii. 



3. xantbopterus, C. cf- f '. xix. p. 47 ; Pay, Fish. Malabar, p. 161. — Ali- 



pey, fresh water. — D. 15. A. 16. 



4. 'leucopterus, C. &( V. xis. p. 48. — Bombay. — D. 16. A. 14. 



5. luceus. C. ^- V. six. p. 62. — Moluccas. 



6. erythi'orinchus, Lesueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii. p. 137 ; 



C. <^ v. xix. p. 40. — Mauritius. 



7. Belone microstoma, Basilewsky, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1855, p. 260. 



— China. 



8. Hemiramphus japonicus, Brevoort, in Perry's Narrat. Exped. China &; 



Japan, ii. Fishes, p. 280. — Loo Choo. — Known frjm a figure only. 



9. depauperatus, Lay Sf Benn. in Beechcy's Voy. Zool. Fish. p. 66. — 



Oahu.-^D. 15. A. 13. The typical specimen appears to be lost. 



10. argenteus, Bennett. WJtaling Voy. ii. p. 269. — Founded on young 



specimens taken near the surface of the sea in lat. 3° S., and 5° N., 

 Pacific Ocean. 



11. Esox ectuntio. Buck. Ham. Fish. Gang. pp. 212, 380; Hemirhamphus 



ectuntio, Btytli, Journ. As. Soc. Beny. 1859, xxvii. p. 287. — Fresh waters 

 of Bengal.- D. 1.3. A. 11. 



12. Esox angulatus, Buch. Ham. M. S. ; Hemirhamphus brachynotopt«rus, 



Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1859, xxvii. p. 288 (not .B/«e^-er).^Coast 

 of Bengal. 



13. Hemirhamphus plumatus, Blyth. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1859, xxvii. 



p. 288.— Bengal and Ceylon —D. 15. A. 13. 



14. Eideptorhamphus brevoortii, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, 



]).loG.—Hab. ? D. 22. A. 22. 



15. Hemirhamphus filamentosus, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 297. — Cuba. — 



D. 12-14. A. 11-1.3. 



16. macroohirus. Pocy, I. c. p. 299.— Cuba.— D. 11-14. A. 11-12 ; the 



length of the pectoral exceed.s the height of the body. 



17. viviparus, Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Bcrl. 1865, p. 132. — 



Samar. — An spec. dist. ab H. hrachynotoptero ? 



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