368 SCOMBRID^. 



2. Pelamys unicolor. 



Scomber unicolor, Geoffr. Ltcscr. Eg. Poiss. pi. 24. f. 6. 



Cybiura bonaparti, Verani/, Atti deW ottava riunione degli Scienziati 



Ital. Genova, 1846, p. 493. 

 Pelamys unicolor, Guichen. Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 58. 

 bonaparte, Filijypi e Veratiy in Memor. della R. Accad. Scietize 



di Torino, ser. 2. T. xviii. Sopra alcuni Pesci, S/'c. p. 10. f. 4. 



D. 11-13 I ^ I VIII-IX. A. f-^ I VII. 



Teeth of moderate size, rather conical ; the length of the pectoral 

 is one-ninth of the total. The corslet is formed by exceedingly small 

 scales, and inconspicuous. Back uniform bluish ; belly silvery. 



Mediterranean. 



a. Thirty-two inches long : stuffed. Purchased at Paris. 

 3, Pelamys orientalis. 



Teinm. ^- Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 99. pi. 52. 

 D, 18 I 14 I IX. A. 12 I IX. 



The length of the pectoral is one-tenth of the total. Back bluish, 

 with nine dark longitudinal streaks ; beUy silvery. (Sehleg.) 

 Sea of Japan. 



4. Pelamys nuda. 



Renard, taf. 36. f. 189. 



Tliynnus unicolor, i^M^j/j. N. TV. Fische, p. 40. taf. 12. f. 1 (not Geoffr., 

 Gthr.). 



D. 14 U I VI. A. -^ I VI. Cffic. pylor. 0. 



I 12 I 10 I '■•' 



The first dorsal is low ; the length of the pectoral is one-seventh 

 of the total. The corslet is not scaly, but formed by waving longi- 

 tudinal streaks. Coloration uniform, the tips of the dorsal and anal 

 whitish. {Riq^p.) 



Red Sea. 



5. Pelamys chilensis. 



Pelamys chilensis, Cuv. ^ Val. viii. p. 163 ; Gay, Hist. Chil, Zool. ii. 



p. 224. 

 ? Pelamys lineolata, Girard in U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 106. 



D. 18 I ^ I VIII. A. :^ I VII. 



The length of the pectoral is one- seventh of the total. Back bluish, 

 beUy silvery ; five or six slightly oblique, longitudinal streaks on the 

 sides. 

 Pacific. 



4. AUXIS. 

 Auxis, Cuv. ^ Val. viii. p. 138. 



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

 first dorsal continuous, with the spines of moderate strength, and sepa- 

 rated from the second by an interspace ; seven to nine spurious fins 



