338 SPHYE^ENiniE. 



6. Sphyraena japonica. 



Cuv. Sj- 'Val. iii. p. 354 ; Farm. Japan, p. 33 ; Bleeker, Nieuwe Nalcz. 

 Ichthyol. Japan, p. 67. taf. 3. f. 2. 



D. 5 I ri-. A. 9-10. L. lat. 110. 



The height of the body is 8-|— 9 in the total length, i\\e length of 

 the head 3|— 3| ; the diameter of the eye is 5g-5| in the latter. The 

 upper maxillary reaches to, or nearly to the anterior margin of the 

 eye. Pra?operciilnm with a roimded angle. The origin of the first 

 dorsal and of the ventrals falls behind the extremity of the pectorals. 

 Above bluish-green, beneath silvery ; fins ycUowish, transparent ; 

 caudal darker- edged behind. 



Sea of Japan. 



7. Sphyraena argentea. 



Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phi/ad. 1854, p. 144, and U. S. Pacif. 

 R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 39. pi. 14. 



D. 5 I J^. A. 10. 



The length of the head is a little more than the fourth part of the 

 total. The iipper maxillary bone is far fi-om reaching the level of 

 the eye ; opercles scaly. The fii'st dorsal commences at some distance 

 behind the extremity of the pectoral, and somewhat before the ver- 

 tical from the root of the ventral. Above bluish-black, beneath 

 silvery; lateral line black ; fins yellowish. (Girard.) 



San Diego (California). 



8. Sphyraena commersonii. 



Renard, Poiss. i. t. 40. f. 202 ; Valentyn, Ind. iii. p. 369. f. 70. 

 Sphyipeua commersonii, Cuv. 4" Val. iii. p. 352 ; Bleeker, Perc. p. 55, 

 Java, p. 425, and Sphyr<en. p. 15. 



D. 5 1 i. A. |. L. lat. 80-90. 



The height of the body is 8|— 9^ in the total length, the length of 

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

 length of the head ; the posterior end of the maxillarj- bone reaches 

 to the anterior edge of the orbit. Operculum with a single flexible 

 point. Lower jaw with a conical tubercle in front, and about 15 to 

 18 longer posterior teeth. The length of the pectoral fins is one-tenth 

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

 first dorsal fin commences just above the point of the pectorals, but 

 behind the insertion of the ventrals. Above uniform bluish-green, 

 beneath silvery ; dorsal, caudal and anal fins violet. 



Javanese Sea ; Molucca Sea. Hindostan. 



9. Sphyraena nigripinnis. 



Schley. Faun. Japon. p. 34. pi. 13. f. 1. 

 D.5|l. A.± 

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



