364 scoMBRin.B. 



head 3|. The length of the pectoral is 6| in the total. Aljove blue, 

 with oblique undulating blackish bands, directed backwards and up- 

 wards ; sides and belly silvery ; the first dorsal fin with a brownish 

 spot. 



Sea of Pinang. 



«. Adult: skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — 

 Type of the species. 



5. Thynnus tonggol. 



Sleeker, Makr. p. 356. 



D. 13 1^1 VIII. A. ^ I VIII. 



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

 of the head one-fourth ; the length of the pectoral equals the height 

 of the body. The corslet extends on to the soft dorsal and to the 

 anal, having two deep emarginations posteriorly. Above uniform 

 greyish, beneath sQvery. (Bleek.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



6. Thynnus thunnina. 



Pelamis cserulea, Aldroi: p. 315. 



Renard, Poiss. 3Iol. i. tab. 36. f. 189, ?tab. 23. f. 124. 



Scomber quadripimctatiis, Geoffr. Descr. Eij. Poiss. tab. 24. f. 3. 



Thynnus leachianus, Risso, Eur. 3Ierid. iii. p. 414. 



thunnin'a, Cuv. ^- Val. viii. p. 104. pi. 2] 2 ; Faun. Japvii. Poiss. 



p. 95. pi. 48 ; Cur. Regne Anim. HI. Poiss. pi. 46. f. 1 ; R/eek. 3fakr. 



Verliand. Ratav. Genootsch. xxiv. p. 36; Guicheii. Explor. Alger. 



Poiss. p. 57. 



brasiliensis, Cuv. ^ Val. viii. p. 110. 



Auxis taso, Rleek. (not Cur. Sf Val). 



D. 15 1 3^ I VIII. A. :^ I VII. 



The height of the body is 4^ in the total length (to the centre of 

 the posterior margin of the caudal), the length of the head four times. 

 The pectoral reaches to the vertical from the ninth dorsal spine ; 

 dorsal spines of moderate strength. The length of the posterior 

 margin of the praeoperculum is Ig in that of the inferior. Back 

 bluish, with blackish waving longitudinal streaks ; sides and beUy 

 silvery. 



Mediterranean ; tropical parts of the Atlantic ; East Indian Seas. 



«. Half-grown: stuffed. 



h. Half-grown : stuffed : bad state. From Mr. YarrcU's Collection. 



7. Thynnus pelamys. 

 The Bonite. 

 Renard, i. 20. 113; Osheck, Reise, p. 87 ; Leguat, Voyage, p. 21 (fig. 



bad); Funnel, Voi/. Danipier, p. 158. f. 32; Dutertre, Hist. Antilles, 



ii. p. 214, p. 295'fig. 



