10. ELEGINUS. 247 



^'Compaiiy From the Collection of the East India 



10. ELEGINUS*. 



Eleginus, Cm. ^ Vol. v. p. 158. 



Body elongate, somewhat cyUndi-ical; cleft of the mouth small 

 with the upper jaw rather longer ; eye lateral. Scales rather Tall 

 minutely eihated. Two dorsals, the first with eigS or nine sZL ' 

 yentrals jugular; the lower pectoral rays branched. ViSSorm fee h 

 m the jaws, none on the palate. Operculum withoutlpL^rnr^ 

 operculum entire SLx branchiostegals ; pseudobranchL S" 

 bladder none ; pyloric appendages in smaU numbe?. 



Falkland Islands; coast of Chile ; Port Jackson. 



1. Eleginus maclovinus. 



Eleginus maclovinus, Cuv. & Val v n T^q r,i n f; / 4. jx -r 



"Tll^Jet goodf '"■*• '^'''- ^"'- ^' ^^"■- ""'""' P- ^^- Pl- 20- 

 D^8|26. A.24. L. lat. 64. L. transv. 6/18. C^c. pylor. 4. 



hpS? 1T\ '"f ."^^'^ "^ *^^ ^°^'««1 striolated with brown The 

 height of the bodyis one-fifth of the total length; angle of^'e nr^ 



"' ^'^^gS, Esq!' ^""'^- ^'^'^'^^ ^'^^"^^- ^^'^^^^t^d by W. E. 



b-cl. AdiUt: bad state; have been in chloride of zinc. Falkland 



St. ""*'' '^ ^^-^^ I^-J^-rdson.-Types of ^7?". 



'' ^ J^Eichtw' '""' ^™^^' ^^^^^^^>- ^--*^^ by Sir 

 '^' ^' CWpany"!"^ ^"'"^ '*''*"' ^™°' *^' ^°^^''*^"^ ''^ ^^e East India 



2. Eleginus chilensis. 



C«t'. ^ Val. ix. p. 480 ; Gay, I. c. p. 187, Atl. Ictiol. lam. 3. f 1 

 D. 9 I 25. A. 23. 

 The height of the body is one-sixth of the total length • angle of 

 ^epr^opercidum nearly rectangular. Greenish: the^secnd dorsal 

 and the caudal sometimes dotted with blackish 

 Coast of Chile. 



«. Adult: very bad state. ChUe. From Mr. Bridge's Collection. 

 * 1. Elegiuus bursinus, Cicv.^ Val. x. p. 161.-Port Jackson. 



