1. SPHYR^NA. 337 



4. SphyraBna jello. 



Tellow, Russell, pi. 174. 



Sphyrajna jello, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 349; Belanger, Voy. Zool. p. 346. 

 pi. 1. f. 1 (not good) ; Riippell, N. JVirb. Fische, p. 98 ; Bleeker, 

 Perc. p. 56; Cantor, Catal. p. 24; Bleeker, Batjan, p. 369, and 

 Sphyrmn. p. 12. 



D. 5 I i A. I L. lat. 125. L. transv. 35. Vert. 12/12. 



The height of the body is contained nine times in the total length, 

 the length of the head 3|-4 ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth of 

 the latter. Operculum with two points. Lower jaw with a fleshy 

 appendage in front, of moderate length. The first dorsal fin and the 

 ventrals commence on the level of the extremity of the pectorals. 

 Above greenish lead-coloured, forming on the upper part of the sides 

 a festooned band, with eight bars intersecting the lateral line ; be- 

 neath silvery ; fins yellowish. 



Red Sea ; Cape of Good Hope ; Bay of Bengal ; Seas of Pinang, 

 Java, and Amboyna. 



a. Young. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 h. Young : bad state. China. Presented by Captain Sir E. 

 Belcher, C.B. 



c. Adult : stuifed. China. Presented bj' J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Half-grown : stuifed. Presented by the East India Company. 



e. Adult : stuffed. Cape Seas. From Sir A. Smith's Collection. 



/, g. Adult : stuifed. Calcutta. From the Collection of the East 

 India Company. 



h. Young: skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 



i. Adult: stuffed. 



5. Sphyrsena forsteri. 



Cui''. ^ Val. iii. p. 35.3, vii. p. 509 ; Bleekei; Java, ii. p. 424, and Sphy- 

 rcen. p. 13. 



D. 5 I -i. A. i-. L. lat. 110. L. transv. 30. 



The height of the body is one-ninth of the total length, the length 

 of the head nearly one-fourth ; the diameter of the eye is 4| or five 

 times in the latter. The upper maxillary bone reaches to the an- 

 terior edge of the orbit. Operculimi with a single flexible point. 

 Lower jaw with a conical tubercle in front, and with about 19 

 stronger posterior teeth. The length of the pectoral fins is about 

 one-eleventh of the total, and more than that of the ventrals. The 

 root of the ventral fins falls below the jjosterior half of the pectorals. 

 The first dorsal fin commences just above the extremity of the 

 pectoral, but behind the root of the ventral. Above unifonn green- 

 ish, beneath silvery ; the dorsal and caudal fins violet, the others 

 yellowish. 



Seas of Batavia, Calcutta, New Guinea, and Otaheite. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Calcutta. Presented by E. Blyth, Esq. 



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