404 SCOMUEID.^. 



that of the anal 3|. Scales very small. Vuifurni blackish, or with 

 ii-regiiliu' light spots. 



Mediterranean ; coasts of France and south coast of England. 



a. Adult. 



b. Half-gro^vn. From the Haslar Collection. 



3. Centrolophus ovalis. 



Centrolopluis ovalis, Cm: ^ Val. ix. p. 346. 



Leirus bennettii, Loice, Proc. Comm. Zoul. Soc. 1833, i. p. 143, and 



Trans. Cambr. Philos, Soc. vi. p. 199. tab. 5, and Trans. Zool. Soc. 



ii. p. 179. 

 Pompilus bennettii, Loive, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 82, and Trans. Zool. 



Soc. iii. p. 8. 

 Crius bennettii, Valenc. in Webb 8f Bertliel. lies Canar. Poiss. p. 43. 



B. 7. D. 5^2- A. ^^. L. lat. ca. 90. Vert. 25. Cffic. pylor. 5. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length, the length 

 of the head ono-fomth. Caudal emarginatc. Brownish (in spirits). 

 Sea off Nizza ; Seas of Madeira and the Canary Islands. 



a, h. Fine specimens. Madeira, Presented by the Eev. R. T. Lowe. 



The differences of Centrolophus crassus, Cuv. & Val. ix. p. 348, are 

 not yet sufficiently pointed out. 



Fifth Group. CORYPH^NINA. 



Scomhridce with one long dorsal fin without distinct spinous di- 

 \asion. No teeth in the oesophagus. 



21. CORYPH^NA*. 



Coryphsena, (Artedi) Cur. ^ Val. ix. p. 268. 

 Lampiigus, Cta: ^- Val. ix. p. 317. 



Body compressed, rather elongate ; adult specimens with an ele- 

 vated crest on the skull ; cleft of the mouth wide. A single dorsal, 



♦ 1. Guaraoapema, Marcgr. p. 160; Coryph^na marcgravii, C. tf V. ix. p. 301. 

 — Tropical parts of the Atlantic. 



2. CorypliKna sxierii, C. ^~ V. ix. p. 302 ; Coryplirena globiceps, Dekay, New 



York Fauna, Fishes, p. 132. pi. 10. f. 29. — Atlantic coasts of the United 

 States. 



3. Renard, ii. 16, 76 ; Coryjihrena vlamiugii, C. cf V. ix. p. 315. — East Indies. 



4. C'oryphiena fasciolata, Pall. Spicil. viii. tab. 3. f. 2 ; Lampugus fasciolatus, 



Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 328. — Amboyna. 



5. nortoniana, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 80, and Trails. Zool. Soc, 



iii. p. 6. — Sea of Madeii-a. 



6. aziirea, Less. Voy. Bvperrey, Zool. ii. p. 153; Coryphoena lessonii. 



Cuv. df Val. ix. p. 307. — Tropical parts of the Atlantic. 



7. socialis, Bennett, Whalmff Voyae/c, ii. p. 274. — Tropical parts of the 



Pacific. 



