40G SCOMBIilDJi.. 



Dorade, 3I(trci/r. p. 180; Lri/iud,Voi/(u/e, p. 21 (I'aulty figure) ; Roche- 

 fort, Hist. Nat. Antilles, p. 170; Dikertre, Hist. Nat. Antill. pp. 212, 

 295. fig-. . 



Renanl, i. 22, 123. 



I'iscis auraiitius, Hcrnand. Nicrenth. Hist. Nat. Perer/r. p. 255. 



Dolphin, Daupliin, Lebran, Voj/aye, ii. p. 325. pi. 189; Duhamel,Peches, 

 sect. iv. pi. 1. f. 1 ; Guettard, None. Obseri: sur les Sc. et Arts, iv. 

 p. 437 ; Danipier, Voy. Netv Holland, i. pi. 2. f. 7. 



B. Adult state. 



Ilippurus, Rondel, viii. c. 19. p. 255 ; Gesner, pp. 423, 501 ; Aldrov. 



iii. c. 17. p. 306; Jonston, i. tit. 1. cap. 1. art. G. tab. 1. f. 12; Wil- 



liKjhby, p. 213. pi. O. 1. f. 5 ; Ray, Syn. p. 100. 

 Cor}'j)bfeua, no. 1, Artcdi, Genera, p. 15 ; lirown, Jamaiea, p. 443. 

 liippunis, L. Sysf. p. 446 ; Osbeck, Reise nacli China, p. 403 ; 



Bl. tab. 174 ; Bl. Scltn. p. 295 ; Lacep. iii. pp. 173, 178 ; Shaw, Zool. 



It. p. 212. pi. 32. f. 1; Blitch. Trans. Lit. Sf_ Phil. Soc. New York, i. 



p. 378; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 178, and Hist. Nat. Uur. Merid. iii. 



p. 339 ; Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 278. pi. 206 ; Guichen. Exjilor. Sc. Alger. 



Poiss. p. 63; Lowe, I'rans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 183, iii. p. 6, and Proc. 



Zool. Sue. 1839, p. 80; Bonap. Faun. Rul. Pesci, ciini fig. (juv.). 



cbrysiu'us, Laeep. ii. pi. 18. f. 2 ; Giv. Sf Val. ix. p. 309. 



dorado, Cuv. Sj- Val. ix. p. 303 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. Bl. Poiss. 



pi. 65. f. 1. 



dolfyn, Cur. S,- Val. ix. p. 305. 



virgata, Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 308. 



japonica, Schleg. Faun. Ja^wn. Poiss. p. 120. pi. 64. 



argyrurus, Cuv. 4'' Val. ix. p. 314. 



C. Immature state. 



? Coryphfena imniaciilata, Spix, Pise. Bras. p. 111. tab. 56. 

 Lampugus pelagicus, Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 318. 

 ? Lampugus imiuaculatus, Car. Sf Val. ix. p. 329. 



B. 7. D. 58-00. A. 25-27. Vert. 31. 



The height of the body equals tlie length of the head, and is one- 

 fifth of the total (mthout caudal). The uaaxillary reaches nearly 

 to the vertical from the centre of the eye. The origin of the anal 

 falls vertically below the middle of the total length (-without caudal), 

 or belo-w the thirty-sixth dorsal ray. Specimens preserved in spirit, 

 or diied, exhibit blackish spots on the white ground- coloiu' of the 

 lower parts. 



Mediterrauean ; Atlantic ; Indian Ocean ; Pacific. 



fi. Three feet long : skin. Cape Seas. Presented by Sii' A. Smith. 



b. Fifty inches long : skin : not good state. Cape Seas. Presented 



by Sir A. Smith. 



c. Five feet long : stuifed. He de France. 



d. Forty-four uichcs long : stuffed. Piu'chased of Mr. Jonston, 



e. Thirty-foiu' inches long : stuffed : not good state. From the Col- 



lection of the Zoological Society. 



/. Thirty-three inches long : stuffed. Presented by C. liawden, Esq. 



(/. Twenty-foiu' inches long : stuft'ed. Madeira. From the Collec- 

 tion of the Ecv. E. T. Lowe. 



h. Seventeen inches long. 



