22. BRAMA. 409 



and onc-thii'd of the total length ; the eye is situated in the centre 

 of the head ; the pectorals reach to the middle of the anal fin. 

 Coloration uniform, 



Mediterranean ; English coasts ; Cape Seas. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Cape Seas. 



h. Half-grown : stuffed. Madeii'a. From the Collection of the Rev. 

 R. T. Lowe. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Mediterranean. 



d, e. Adult : stuffed. English coast. 



/. Adult: stuffed. Berwick-on-Tweed. Presented by Dr. Johnston. 

 (/. Adult : stuffed. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection, 

 7i. Half- grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



It is impossible to discover specific differences between Brama rati 

 and Brama chilensis (Gay, Chile, Feces, p. 218) in the accounts given. 

 A remarkable instance of the careless manner in which Valenciennes 

 used to treat ichthyological subjects may be found in Cuv. B&gne 

 Anim. lU. Poiss. pi. 44. f. 1, where the very same fish, which he had 

 received from Gay, is marked and figured as Brama australis, and 

 described as " assez semblable a celle des mcrs du Pole Arctique " 

 (viz. Brama rail). 



2. Brama dussumieri. 



Cuv. ^- Val. vii. p. 294. 



D.-i. A.-^-. 



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The greatest height of the body is below the middle of the back, 

 and one-half of the length (without caudal fin) ; the eye is situated 

 near the upper outline of the head. Uniform silveiy. 



Indian Ocean (85° E. long., 0° lat.). 



«. Yoimg. China Sea. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



Have yoimg sjiccimens of Brama rati the body more elevated, and 

 the ej'e nearer to the upper profile of the head, than mature ones ? 



3. Brama orcini. 



Ctw. ^- Val A-ii. p. 295. 



D. I;. A. 4. 



2/ 24 



The greatest height of the body is before the middle of the back, 

 and 1| in the length (without caudal) ; the eye is situated above 

 the middle of the head. Uniform silvery. 



Indian Ocean (0°lat., 85° E. long.). 



a-e. Lat. 1° N., long. 19° W. Young: taken from the stomach of 

 a dolphin. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



d. Yoimg; taken from the stomach of a fish. Presented by the 

 College of Surgeons. 



