396 SCOMBEIDiE. 



17. CYTTUS* 



Zeus, sp., Lmve, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 85. 

 Capi'os, sp., Richards. Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 72. 



Body compressed and elevated, covered vdth very small Bcales ; 

 mouth protractile. Two contiguous dorsal fins, the first with eight 

 or nine spines, the anal with two. No bony plates along the base 

 of the dorsal and anal fins. Ventral fins composed of one spine and 

 six or eight soft rays. Minute teeth in the jaws and on the vomer, 

 none on the palatine bones. Branchiostegals eight. 



Australian Seas ; Sea of Madeira. 



1. Cyttus australis. 



Capros australis, Richards. Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 72, and Ann. ^ Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. xi. p. 171, and Ichthyol. Ereb. ^ Terr. p. 137. pi. 59. 

 f. 1-5. 



B. 8. D. 9 I 28. A. 2 | 30. V. 1/6. 



The upper and lower profiles of the snout are straight. Scales 

 very small. The spines of the dorsal and ventral fins are elongate 

 and flexible, those of the anal short. The ventrals can be received 

 in a sheath on the abdomen, and cover the vent. Silvery. 



Coasts of Tasmania and southern parts of Australia. 



rt, h. Types of the species. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



2. Cyttus roseus. 



Zeus roseus, Lowe, I, c. 



B. 8. D. 8 I 28. A. 2 | 29. V. 1/8. 



The upper and lower profiles of the snout are straight. Scales 

 very small. The spines of the dorsal and ventral fins are stout and 

 striated ; those of the anal short, the first being very stout and im- 

 moveable. Three bony plates between the ventrals and the vent, 

 each having a longitudinal ridge. 



Sea of Madeii'a. 



a. Eleven inches long : not good state. — Probably type of the species. 



18. OREOSOMA. 



Oreosoma, Cm\ fy Val. iv. p. 515. 



Lowef is certainly right in assigning this group as the proper 

 place for Oreosoma. For characters of the genus and species, see 

 p. 214 of the first volume of this work. 



* KVTTos, an unknown fish, mentioned by At/ienaus, Deipn. vii. p. 325 B. 

 t Fishes of Madeira, Preface, p. xii. 



