400 SCOMBEIDJi!. 



1| in the total length, the length of the head 4|-5| ; dorsal and 

 anal fins not produced, with the spines hidden and cartilaginoiis ; 

 caudal lobes equal in length ; lateral line not keeled. Greyish, ge- 

 neraUj mrautely dotted with brown. 

 East Indian Seas. 



7. Stromateus cinereus. 



Russell, I. p. 34. f. 45 (juv.). 



Stromateus ciuereus, Bl. xii. p. 90. t. 420 (middle age) ; Bl. Schn. 



p. 491 ; Shmo, Zool. iv. p. 109 ; Cant. Catal. p. 143. 



griseus, Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 395. 



Stromateoides cinereus, Bleek. Makr. p. 368, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 



Makr. p. 75. 



B-7. D. 7-8 1 3-^. A. 5 1 3-^^. 



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

 one-half of the total length, the length of the head one-fifth. Dorsal 

 and anal spines truncated and trenchant, more conspicuous in imma- 

 ture specimens than iu adult ones ; dorsal and anal fins produced 

 anteriorly. The lobe of the dorsal equals the length of the pecto- 

 rals, which are 2| in the total. The upper caudal lobe is only one- 

 half of the lower, which equals the length of the body, the caudal 

 not rucluded. The length of the anal lobe is equal to, or shorter 

 than, the lower one of the caudal. Lateral line not keeled. Greyish : 

 sides of the head and the vertical fins minutely dotted with black. 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Half-grown : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 



8. Stromateus argenteus. 



Stromateus argenteus, Bl. xii. p. 92. tab. 421 ; Sliatc, Zool. iv. p. 110 ; 



Cm. %■ Val. ix. p. 393 ; Cant. Catal. p. 142 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. 



p. 272. 

 Russell, pp. 31, 35. pi. 42. 

 Sti-omateus candidus, Cuv. <^ Val. ix. p. 391 ; Belanger, Joy. p. 369. 



pi. 2. f. 2. 

 secm-ifer, Cut: 8f Val. ix. p. 394. pi. 273 (yoimg) ; Cant. Ann. 



8f Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 15 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 273. 

 ? Stromateus pimctatissimus, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 121. pi. 65. 



B.6. D. 5-9 I 5^3. A. 6 I 3-^,. Vert. 1^/21. 



Scales very small. VentraLs none. The height of the body is 

 one-half of the total length, the length of the head one-fifth. Dorsal 

 and anal spines truncated and trenchant, more conspicuous in imma- 

 ture specimens than iu adult ones ; dorsal and anal fins produced 

 anteriorly. The base of the fij-st soft dorsal ray falls vertically at 

 some distance behind the base of the pectoral ; the length of the 

 anal lobe exceeds shghtly that of the dorsal, and equals in length 

 the pectoral, which, as well as the caudal lobes, is one-third of the 



