2. THYNNUS. 365 



Scomber pelamys, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 492 ; Bl. Schn. p. 23 ; Betmett, 



WhaliiKj Vvtjage, ii. p. 281; De la Roche, Ann. Mus. xiii. p. 315. 



pelamides, Lacep. iii. p. 14 (pt.), ii. pi. 20. f. 2. 



Variletta, Humboklt, Obscrv. Zool. ii. p. 190. 



Tliynnus pelamys, Cm. Sf Val. viii. p. 113. pi. 214; Faun. Japan. 



Poiss. p. 90. pi. 49 ; Ricliards. Ichth. Chin. p. 267 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. 



Ill Poiss. pi. 47. f. 2 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. Nederl, i. Amboina, p. 41 ; 



Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, i. p. 157. 

 Tliimnus pelamys, Pani. Fishes Frith of Forth, p. 53. 

 Thynnus vagans, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 162. pi. 32 (bad). 



D. 15 1^1 VIII. A.^|VIL 



The height of the body is four times in the total length (to the 

 centre of the posterior margin of the caudal), the length of the head 

 3|. The pectoral reaches to the vertical from the tenth dorsal spine. 

 Dorsal spines rather feeble. The length of the posterior margin of 

 the prseoperciilum is If in that of the inferior. Back bluish ; on each 

 side of the belly four brownish longitudinal bands. 



Tropical and warmer parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. 



a. Adult : stuifed. Cape Seas. From Sir A. Smith's Collection. 

 h. Thirty-three inches long : stuffed. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 



8. Thynnus brevipinnis. 



Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 112. pi. 213. 



D. 15 I ^ I VIII. A. ^ I VII. Vert. 38. 



The height of the body is four times in the total length (to the 



icentre of the posterior margin of the caudal), the length of the head 



l3f . The length of the pectoral is one-ninth of the total, and the fin 



[reaches to the vertical from the ninth dorsal spine. Dorsal spines 



rather feeble. Back bluish, with darker transverse bands ; sides and 



belly silveiy. {Cuv.) 



Mediterranean. 



9. Thynnus albacora. 



? Albacore, Shane, Hist, of Jam. i. p. 28. pi. 1. f. 1. 

 ? Auxis sloanei, Cuv. 8f Val. viii. p. 148. 

 Tunny, Penn. Brit. Zool. ed. 1. iii. p. 266. tab. 52. 

 Thynnus albacora, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 77, and Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. iii. p. 4. 



Body elongate ; the second dorsal and the anal falcate, and elevated 

 'anteriorly ; the pectoral reaches to below the middle of the second 

 dorsal, its length being one-fifth or one-fourth of the total. Snout 

 and eye small. {Loive.) 



Atlantic. 



Thynnus macropterus (Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 98. 

 pi. 51 ; Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. Makr. p. 37) 

 appears to be closely allied to, or perhaps identical with, the above 

 species. 



