3. PELAJIYS. 367 



scending in a strong curve towards the belly, and running parallel 

 to the ventral line. Coloration uniform. {Riipp.) 

 Red Sea. 



3. PELAMYS. 

 Pelamys, Cuv. 8f Val. \'iii. p. 149. 



Body oblong or slightly elongate ; cleft of the mouth wide. The 

 first dorsal continuous, with the spines rather feeble or of moderate 

 strength, and extending on to the second ; seven to nine spurious 

 fins behind the dorsal and anal (six in P. nuda). Scales of the pec- 

 toral region forming a corslet. Teeth of moderate strength ; teeth 

 on the palatines, none on the vomer. A longitudinal keel on each 

 side of the tail. Seven branchiostegals ; air-bladder none. Pyloric 

 appendage dendritical. 



Seas of the temperate and tropical regions. 



1. Pelamys sarda. 



Amia, Rondel, p. 238. 



Sarda, Rondel, p. 248 (juv.). 



Pelamys, Salviani, f. 123; Bellon. p. 179. 



Thynnus, Aldrov. iii. c. 18. p. 313. 



Pelamys bellonii, Willughby, p. 180. 



Scomber, no. 2 (Thynnus thjTiuus), var., Artedi, Synon. p. 50. 



pelamys, Briinn. Icldhyol. Massil. p. 69. 



sarda, Bloch, x. p. 35. taf. 334 ; Bl. Sclm. p. 22 ; 31{tch. Trans. 



Lit. 8,- Phil. Soc. Neiv York, i. p. 428 ; Lacep. iv. pp. 699, 700. 

 mediterraneus, Bl. Schn. p. 23 ; De la Roche, Ann. Mus. xiii. 



p. 336. 



ponticus, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. p. 17. 



Thynnus sardus, Risso, Exir. Merid. iii. p. 417. 



Pelamys sarda, Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 149. pi. 217 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, 



i. p. 159 ; Storer, Fishes 3Iassach. p. 4 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, 



Fishes, p. 106. pi. 9. f. 27 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. Ill Poiss. pi. 48. f. 2 ; 



Guichen. Fxplor. Alger. Poiss. p. 58 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. 



Merid. iii. p. 392 ; Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 248 ; Webb ^ Ber- 



thel. Lies. Canar. Poiss. p. 50. 

 Skeleton : Rosenthal, Ichthyot. Tafeln. t. 17. f. 3 (Scomber sarda). 



D. 22 I j^ I VIII.-IX. A. -I I VII. Vert. .50 *. 



Teeth of moderate size, slightly compressed ; the length of the pec- 

 toral is one-tenth of the total. The corslet is very distinct, but docs 

 not extend beyond the point of the pectoral. Back bluish, -with dark 

 obKquc streaks ; belly silvery. Young individuals with dark cross- 

 bands on the back. 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of Sir A. Smith. 

 6-/. Half-grown : have been in chloride of zinc. North America. 

 Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



* According to Rosenthal 27/27. 



