21. COETPHiENA. 407 



/. Foui'teen inches long, 



/.'. Thirty-five inches long : stuffed ; painted green ; shining golden 



on the back, with large round golden spots ; lower parts golden ; 



caudal dark green. 



2. Coryphsena pelagica. 



Scomber pelagicus, Z. Mus. Ad. Fried, p. 72. pi. 30. f. 3, and Syst. Nat. 



i. p. 490 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1336 ; Gronov. Zoophyl. sp. 306. 

 Caranxomorus pelagicus, Lacep. vii. p. 26. 

 Cychla pelagica, Bl. Sckn. p. 341 (not s,^ti.). 

 Coi-j-pbajna pelagica, Risso, Hist. Nat. iii. p. 340; Bonap. Faun, Ital. 



Pesci, cum fig. 



azorica, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 306. 



Lampugus siciilus, Cue. 4* Val ix. p. 323. pL 268. 



D. 54. A. 25. Yert. 30. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 

 nearly one-fifth of the total (without caudal). The origin of the 

 anal falls vertically below the middle of the total length (without 

 caudal). Greyish-silvery, sometimes with a dorsal series of large 

 black spots. 



Mediterranean; Azores. 



3. Coryphsena scomberoides. 



Zacep. iii. p. 193 ; Cuv. ^- Val, ix. p. 315 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo- 

 Nederl. iii. Celebes, p. 7. 



B. 7. D. 59-60. A. 28-29. 



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

 sixth of the total (the caudal included). The upper maxillaiy 

 reaches to below the posterior half of the eye. The length of the 

 pectoral is 8| ui the total. Coloration uniform. 



Sea of Macassar (Pacific). 



4. Coryphsena equisetis. 



Barhot, Collect, of Voy. S( Trav. \. pi. 29. 



Corypligeua equisetis, L. Syst. p. 446; Osbeck, Reise nacJt CJdna, p. 404; 



Cm: 4'- Val. ix. p. 297. pi. 267; Wehh 8,- Berthcl. lies. Canar. Poiss. 



p. 58. pi. 21; Lorve, Trans. Zool, Soc. iii. p. 7: and Fisltes of 



Madeira, p. 67. pi. 10. 



D. 53-58. A. 27. Yert. ^*. 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length (^-ithout caudal), 

 the length of the head nearly five times. The maxillary reaches 

 nearly to the vertical from the centre of the eye. Dried specimens 

 do not exhibit any spots on the lower part of the side, or the spots 

 are small and indistinct. 



Atlantic ; Mediterranean. 



a,b. Twenty-seven inches long: stufi'cd. Atlantic. From Sir A. 



Smith's Collection. 

 c, d. Young. 



