25. scnEDOPuiLTJS. 411 



anal fin stronger than the otliers. Head and body silvery-white ; 

 the first dorsal and tlie anal deep violet-blue, wdth short gold and 

 green iridescent stripes between the rays. 

 Sea of Madeira. 



rt. Old Collection, as Covyphcena velifem. 



Lowe has observed in fresh examples, that the hindmost part of 

 the dorsal fin is detached from the rest, and that the ventral fins are 

 composed of six rays. Unfortunately, both those parts, being of an 

 extremely delicate structure, are nearly entii'cly destroyed in the 

 specimen in the British Museum Collection. 



2. Pteraclis ocellatiis. 



Cuv. Sf Vol. ix. p. 363. pi. 271 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 66. f. 2. 

 B. 7. D. 45-46. A. 42. V. 4. L. lat. 50-54. L. transv. 17. 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times. Silveiy ; the dorsal fin A\dth a blue spot at the top. 

 Canal of Mozambique. 



3. Pteraclis carolinus, 



Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 368. 



D. 52. A. 44. Ceec. pylor. 6. 

 Silvery. (Cuv.) 

 Coast of Carolina. 



4. Pteraclis velifer. 



Pteraclis, sp., Gronov. I. c. tab. 11. f. 1, 

 Coryphfeua velifera, Pall. Spicil. viii, p. 19. tab. 3. f. 1. 

 Pteraclis velifera, PI. Sclm. p. 143. tab. 35 (not good). 

 Oligopodus veliferus, Lacep. ii. pp. 511, 512. 

 Pteraclis guttatus, Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 370. 

 piuuata, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 170. 



B. 7. D. 55. A. 51. 



Silvery ; the vertical fins brown, with whitish spots. {Pall.) 

 Indian Ocean. 



25. SCHEDOPHILUS. 



Schedophilus, Cocco m Gioru. Inuom. 3Iess. Ann. iii. 

 Criiis, sp., Valenc. in JFchb ^ Berthel. Pes Canar. Poiss, p. 45. 



Body comjiressed, oblong, covered with minute scales ; cleft of the 

 mouth of moderate width, with the jaws equal ; eye moderate ; prte- 

 opercular margin spiny. One dorsal, commencing behind the nape 

 of the neck, formed by flexible spines and branched rays, extending 

 nearly along the whole back ; anal similar to the dorsal, but much 

 shorter. Ventrals thoracic (subjugular in Sch. maculatus). formed by 

 one spine and five rays. A scries of small teeth in the jaws ; palate 

 smooth. Branchiostegals seven ; pseudobranchicc ; aii-bladder (?). 



Mediterranean, and the ncighboiu'ing parts of the Atlantic ; 

 Chinese Sea. 



