388 



SCOMBEID^. 



Nomeus maculosiis, Benn. Proc. Conun. Zool. Soc. i. 1831, p. 146. 



mauritii, Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 243. 



Seriola argyi-omelas, Cm: 8^ Val. ix. pi. 262. 



Nomeiis maculatus, Vcdenc. in Cm: Regne Amttt. HI. Poi^s. pi. 56. f. 2. 



B-6. D.lOl^-gij^. A. 5^^. V.1/5. Vert. 16/25. 



The maxillary reaches to below the anterior margin of the eye. 

 The ventrals extend to, the pectorals beyond, the anal fin. The 

 ujjper parts brown, the brown colour forming several band-like spots 

 on the sides ; anal with three brown spots ; ventrals black. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic. The species appears to inhabit also 

 the Indian Ocean and the coasts of Australia. 

 a, b. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



c. Adult : skeleton. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schom- 



burgk. 



d. Half-grown. South Atlantic. From Mr. J. Cranch's Collection. 

 e-g. Young. Australia. Presented by Captain P. King. 



h. Many young specimens. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. — (Probably types of Nomeus maculosus, Benn.) 

 ?'. Many yoimg specimens. From the Haslar Collection. 

 k. Half-grown. 



7. Many young and half-grown specimens. 

 m. Adult and young specimens : not in a good state. 

 n. Young. 

 0, p. Very yoimg. 



There are sixteen abdominal and twenty-five caudal vcrtebrte, the 

 length of the former portion of the vertebral column being to that of 

 the latter as 1:1-5. The vertebrae are short, with the apophyses 

 feeble. The pubic bones are rather short and narrow. 



2. Nomeus peronii. 



Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 247. 

 Ventrals white, with two black cross-bands. (Cuv.) 

 Coast of Java. 



12. CUBICEPS. 



Cubiceps, Lowe, Proc. Zool Soc. 1843, p. 82. 

 Atimostoma, Smifh, III. Zool. S. ^ifrica, Fishes. 

 Navarchus, Fihppi e VercDii/ in Jleinoi: clella Accad. Sc. Torin. ser. 2. 

 torn. x"viii. p. 7 (separate copy). 



Body oblong, slightly compressed, with cycloid scales of moderate 

 size ; the cleft of the mouth narrow ; the snout swollen, obtuse, and 

 short. Prfeopercular margin entire. The first dorsal continuous, 

 ■svith about ten rather feeble spines ; the second and the anal are more 

 developed, scaly, without finlets ; no separate anal spines. Pectorals 

 rather elongate, and much longer than the ventrals. Lateral liae 

 without any armature. Minute teeth in the jaAvs, and, in immature 

 specimens, on the palate. Branchiostegals five or six. 



Mediterranean ; Sea of Madeira ; Cape Seas. 



