398 SCOMBEID^. 



total length, the length of the head 5g. The vertical fins not elevated. 

 Above bluish, with golden spots ; on the sides and on the belly silver j^, 

 with oblong blackish spots. 

 Mediterranean. 



a-c. Adiilt. Mediterranean. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



2. Stromateus microchims. 



Seserinus, Rondel, vs.. cap. 20. p. 257. 



Centroloplius microcliu-us, Bonelli in Mem. Accad. Sc. Torin. 



Fiatola fasciata, Risso, Eur. Merid. ill. p. 289. 



Seserinus michochirus, Cuv. (§• Val. vs.. p. 416. pi. 276. 



rondeletii, Cuv. Rkjne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 63. f. 3. 



Stromateus microcLirus, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesci, cum fig. 



B. 6. D. 49-50. A. 35-37. Y. ^^. 



Scales veiy small. Yentrals rudijnentary, thoracic. The height 

 of the body is 2j in the total length, the length of the head foiu* 

 times. The vertical fins not elevated. Greyish, with eight or nine 

 blackish vertical bands. 



Mediterranean. 



This species loses, perhaps, the ventral fins with age. 

 3. Stromateus maculatus. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 399 ; Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 74 ; Gay, Hist. 

 Chile, Zool. ii. p. 248, All Ictiol lam. 3 bis, f. 1. 



B.6. D.^. A. A 



Scales exceedingly smaU ; no trace of the ventral fins whatever ; 

 pelvis withoiit spine ; no pores along the base of the dorsal. The 

 height of the body is contained three times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 5|. The vertical fins not elevated. Above bluish, 

 with numerous round blackish spots ; below silvery. 



Pacific coast of South America. 



a. Adult. South America. From Mr. Bridge's Collection. 



4. Stromateus triacanthus. 



Stroniateiis triacanthus, Peck, 3Iem. Amer. Acad. ii. pt. 2. p. 48. 



pi. 2. f. 2. 

 crj'ptosus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. ^ Phil. Sac. Neic York, i. p. 365. 



pi. 1. f. 3. 

 Pepriliis cryptosus, Cuv. Regne Anim. 

 Rhombus crj-ptosus, Cuv. 4'- Vnl. ix. p. 408. 

 Peprilus triacanthus, Storer, Rep. Massach. p. 60. 

 Rhombus triacautlius, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 137. pi. 26. 



f. 80. 



D-J3^- A.^. Vert.^. 

 Scales small ; no trace of the ventrals whatever ; pelvis ^^ith a 



