408 SCOMBfilD-ffi, 



5. Coryphsena punctulata. 



Lampugiia punctulatiis, Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 327; ? Dekay, Faun, New 



York, Fishes, p. 134. pi. 11. fig. 31. 

 ? Sarda immaciilata, Gronoi: Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 120 (not syn.). 



D. 51. A. 25. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and one-fourth of the total ("wdthout caudal). The ten or twelve 

 posterior rays of the dorsal and anal fins have their extremities di- 

 lated and projecting beyond the membrane, by which they are con- 

 nected at the base. Silvery, darker on the back, with scattered 

 black dots. {Cuv.) 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic, (? Latitude of New York.) 



6. Coryphsena neapolitana. 

 Lampugus neapolitanus, Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 325. 



D. 44. A. 23. 



The height of the body Ls one-fifth of the total length (the caudal 

 included). Back lead- coloured, with a series of blue spots. {Cuv.) 

 Mediterranean (Naples). 



22. BRAMA. 



Hmm&fiSchneid.) Risso, Fnr. 3Iend. iii. p. 433; Cuv. ^-Val. vii. p. 281. 



Body compressed and more or less elevated, covered with rather 

 small scales ; cleft of the mouth very oblique, with the lower jaw 

 longest. Dorsal and anal fins elongate, the former with three or 

 four, the latter with two or three spines ; caudal deeply forked ; ven- 

 trals thoracic, with one spine aud five rays. The jaws with an outer 

 series of stronger teeth ; the teeth of the palatine bones and of the 

 vomer are easily lost. Opercles entire. Seven branchiostegals ; air- 

 bladder none. Pyloric appendages in small number. 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa ; Indian 

 Ocean ; Australia. 



1. Brama raii 



Brama marina, Ray, Synops. p. ll-j ; Willughhy, tab. 5. f. 12. 

 Duhamcl, Pichcs, iii. p. 26. pi. 6. f. 1 ; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. pi. 43. 

 Sparus raji, Bl. taf. 273 ; Donor. Brit. Fishes, ii. pi. 37; Shaw, Zool. iv. 



p. 404." 

 Brama raii, Bl. Schn. p. 99 ; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 248, and Fur. Mirid, 



iii. p. 433 ; Cm: Sf Val. vii. p. 210. pi. 190 ; Parn. Fishes Frith of Forth, 



p. 49; YarreU, Brit. Fishes, 2nd edit. i. p. 133, 3rd edit. ii. p. 165; 



Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 8 ; Guichen. Fxplor. Alger. Poiss. p. 56. 

 Sparus castaneola, Locep. iv. p. 110 ; Sliaiv, Zool. iv. p. 424. 



niger, Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 98. 



^ Chretodon, sp., Couch. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 78. 

 Skeleton : Rosenth. Ichthyot. Tnfcln. taf. 12. f. 1. 



^- WTr ^- ¥- ^- ^^^- 80-95. L. transv. 13/23. Cfcc. pvlor. 5. 

 Vert.l|. 

 The greatest height of the body is beloM' the origin of the dorsal, 



