19. STROMATETTS. 399 



prominent spine ; a series of large pores along the base of the dorsal. 

 The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 5|. The vertical fins not elevated. Coloration nniform. 

 Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



a. Fine specimen. Boston. Presented by B. Winstone, Esq. 

 h. Adult : skin. New York. 



c. Adult : not good state. North America. Purchased of Mr. 

 Warwick. 



5. Stromateus gardenii. 



Chsetodon alepidotus, L. Si/sf. i. p. 460. 



Sternoptyx oavdenii, £1. ScJm. p. 494. 



Sti'omateus longipinnis, 3Iitch. Trans. Lit. 8^ Phil. Soc. New York, i. 



p. .366. 

 Rhombus longipinnis, Cm: <§• Val. ix. p. 401. pi. 274; Dekay, New 



York Fauna, Fishes, p. 136. pi. 75. f. 239. 



argentipinnis. Cue. Sf Val. ix. p. 405. 



Peprilus longipinnis, Cuv. Reg7ie Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 63. f. 2. 



40-43 .38-43 



Scales rather small ; no trace of the ventrals whatever ; pelvis with 

 a small spine. The height of the body is 1| in the total length, the 

 length of the head five times ; the dorsal, and especially the anal, 

 elevated anteriorly ; the base of the first soft dorsal ray faUs verti- 

 cally above the I'oot of the pectoral in immature specimens, and 

 immediately behind it in adult ones. Caudal lobes equal in length. 

 Coloration uniform. 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



a, b. Half-grown. New Orleans. Purchased of 'Mr. Cuming. 



c. Half-grown. Lake Champlain. Piuxhased of Mr. Prank. 



d, e. Adid.t and half-grown : sldns. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's 



Collection. 

 /. Adult : bad state. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 

 g. Adidt : bad state. 



Rhombus crenuJatus {G\x\ . &Yal. ix. p. 410. pi. 275, and Cuv. Regne 

 Anim. 111. Poiss. pi. 64. f. 3) may prove to be merely the young 

 state of Stromateus gardenii. 



6. Stromateus atous. 



Atookoia, Russell, i. p. 33. f. 44. 



Stromateu^sineusis, Eiiphras. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. Stockh, ix. 



p. 49. t. 9 ; Bl. Schn. p. 492 ; Cant. Catul. p. 140. 



atous, Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 389 ; Richards. Ichth. Cliin. p. 273. 



albus, Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 388 ; Cant. Ann. ^ May. Nat. Hist. ix. 



p. 15. 



candidus, Bleek. Ichth. 31. O. Jav. p. 9 (not Cuv. 8,- Val). 



Stromateoides atokoia, Bleek. 3Iakr. p. 369, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 



Makr. p. 76. 



B. 5. D. 48-50. A. 39-40. 

 Scales very small. Ventrals none. The height of the body is 1|- 



