f 



1. CEPOIA. 487 



Cepola taenia, L. Si/sL Nat. i. p. 445 ; Bl. v. p. 103. pi. 170 : £1. Sch>t 



^^T- '^iT^'- "• P- ^^'^' ^^alb. Artedi, III p. m ; Risso, Ichth. 

 Nice, p. 153. ' ' 



serpentiformis, Lacep. ii. p. 529. 



longicauda, Swauis. Lardn. Cycl. Fishes, ii. p. 399. 



B. 6. D. 67-69. A. 60. C. 11. Vert. 15/54. Ca)c. pylor. 8. 

 The length of the head is one-tenth of the total (without caudal) 

 Pi-aeoperculum without spines. The anal fin commences in the 

 vertical from the ninth dorsal ray ; vertical fins slightly contiguous. 

 Dorsal and anal rays articulated and branched. Scales extremely 

 small. Reddish : a black spot hidden between the intermaxillary 

 and maxillary. 



Mediterranean. British coasts. 

 a, b. Adult. English coast. 



c. Half-grown. South Devonshire. Presented by G. Montagu, Esq. 



d. Adult. Kingsbridge. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 



e. Adult: skin. Teignmouth. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 f-h. Adult and half-grown : skins. Great Britain. 

 i. Half-gro^vll. Elba. Presented by W. C. Trevclyan, Esq. 

 h. Adult._ Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq., as Cepola 



longicavAa, Sw. 

 /. HaLf-grown. Dalmatia. 

 m, n, 0, p, q. Adult : in spirits. 

 r. Adult : skeleton. Scotland. Presented by Dr. Johnston. 



Sl-eleton. — The skuU is not distinguished by any striking pecu- 

 liarity ; it is short and compressed, all the single bones being well 

 ossified. The crown of the head is slightly convex, smooth, with a 

 feeble occipital crest posteriorly ; iuterorbital space with a longitu- 

 dinal groove and with a pair of wide pores anteriorly ; turbinal bones 

 concave, spoon-like. Maxillary elongate, triangular, much dilated 

 posteriorly ; intermaxillary with short posterior processes. The in- 

 fraorbital ring is throughout of nearly equal ^vidth, rather narrow 

 and firm. Bottom of the tympanic groove osseous. The Hrabs of 

 the prajoperculum are provided -ndth a very distinct muciferous 

 channel, and of ncariy equal length ; they meet at an obtuse angle. 

 Operculum with an internal longitudinal ridge terminating in a short 

 spine. _ Tlie cavity for the pectoral muscles is rather small. Fifteen 

 abdominal and fifty-four caudal vertebrae ; vertebrae compressed ; 

 apophyses and ribs feeble. 



lines. 



Length of the sixteenth vertebra 2 



of the fiftieth vertebra 2 



of the abdominal portion 25| 



of the caudal portion 114 



