36G SCOMBUID.E. 



10. Thyimus alalonga. 



Alilong-hi, Duhamel, Peches, ii. sect. 7. p. 203 ; Cetti, Hist. Nat. Sard. 



iii. p. 191. 

 Scomber calatimga, L. Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 1330 ; Lacep. iii. p. 21 ; 



Shaiv, Zool. iv. p. 590. 

 Orcyuus alalonga, Misso, Eur. Merid, iii. p. 419. 

 Th\Tinus alalonga, Cuv. S^ Vol. viii. p. 120. pi. 215 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. 



III. Poiss. pi. 47. f. 1 ; IVliite, Catal. Brit. Fishes, p. 31 ; Yarrell, 



Brit. Fishes, ed. 3. ii. p. 220 ; Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 4. 



D. 14 [^ I VIII. A. :^ I VIII. Vert. 40. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head3|. The pectoral reaches beyond the end of the second dorsal ; 

 dorsal spines of moderate strength. Above bluish, beneath silvery. 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic. 



a. Thii'ty-nine inches long: stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. From 



Sii- A. Smith's Collection. 



b. Adult : skin. Atlantic. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



11. Thynnus paciflcus. 



Willuf/hby, Append, p. 5. pi. 9. f. 1 ; ? Funnel, Damp. Voy. p. 57. f. 21. 



Thynnus pacificus, Cuv. 8^ Val. viii. p. 133. 



? Scomber germo, Bennett, Wlialing Voyage, ii. p. 278. 



D. 14 I ^ I VIII. A. ^ I VIII. 



The height of the body is 3i in the total length. Tlic pectoral 

 reaches beyond the end of the soft dorsal. Above bluish, beneath 

 silvery. {Cuv.) 



Pacific (27° & 26° S. Lat., 103° W. Long.) ; tropical parts of the 

 Indiau Ocean. 



12. Thynnus argenti-vittatus. 



Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 134*. 



D. 14 I 14 I IX. A. 11 I IX. (Vert. 41.) 

 The height of the body is 3| in the total length, and equal to the 

 length of the pectoral, the basal width of which is 4^ in its length. 

 Above bluish ; on the sides and on the belly greyish, spotted with 

 silvery. {Cuv.) 

 Atlantic. 



13. Thynnus bilineatus. 



? Thynnus bicarinatiis, QuoyS^ Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Poiss. p. 357. pi. 61. 



f. 1 (very bad). 

 bilineatus, Piipp. N. W. Fische, p. 39. pi. 12. f, 2. 



D-12|^|VI. A.±|VI. 



The lateral line emits a second branch behind the peck)ral, de- 



* Cuvier refers a fish {Alba coretta, mentioned by Pison, p. 73) to this species, 

 and on the very next page to Thynnus halfeafus. 



