o. L'YiiiuM. :i71 



3. Cybium interruptum. 



Chi: cV Val. viii. p. 172. 



D. 16 I ^ I IX. A. -1 1 IX. 



Teeth rather conical; lateral line nearly straight, slightly waving 

 on the posterior tliii'd of the tail. The length of the head is one- 

 sixth of the total. On each side are three bands, formed by oblong 

 longitudinal spots. (Ciw.) 



Coast of Pondicherry. 



4. Cybium guttatum. 



Valenf. iii. f. 105. 



Scomber giittatus, £1. ScJin. p. 23. tab. 5. 



Riissell, ii. p. 20. pi. 134. 



Scomber leopardus, Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 591. 



Cybium guttatimi, Cue. i^'' Val. viii. p. 173 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. 



p. 268; Cant. Catal. p. Ill; Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Genootsch. xxiv. 



3Iakr. p. 38. 

 kublii, Cuv. ^ Val. viii. p. 178 (yoimg). 



D. 16 I 19-20 I Vni-X. A. 21-22 | VII-VIII. 



The teeth are triangular and compressed. The height of the body 

 is five times in the total length, and nearly equals the length of the 

 head. Above blue, beneath silvery ; back and sides with numerous 

 round blackish spots ; immature specimens sometimes uniform. The 

 first doreal black. 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Adult. China. 



h, c. Half-grown. China. 



d. Half-gro^vai. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



e-g. Half-grown. China. 



h, i. Young. China. 



Jc. Young. China. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



L m. Half-grown. India. Presented by (i. R. Waterhouse, Esq., 



as PeJamys atripinnis. 

 n. Half-grown. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 

 o-q. Adult and half-grown : skins. Malayan Peninsula. From 



Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



5. Cybium niphonium. 



Cur. df- Val. viii. p. 180 ; Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 101. pi. 53. f. 2. 



D. 20 j 16 I VIII. A. 14 I VIII. 



The teeth are triangular and compressed. The height of the body 



is 5| in the total length, the length of the head five times. Bluisli : 



sides of the back \^'ith numerous rounded or oblong spots ; fins? 



blackish. 



Sea of Japan. 



Perhaps identical with C. quttatum. 



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