41 G SCOMBRI D.-E. 



scales ; cleft of the moiitli narrow. A single dorsal fin -without a 

 spinous portion ; no distinct anal spines ; ventrals composed of many 

 rays. Teeth none. Branchiostegals six ; aii'-bladder large, poste- 

 riorly bifurcate. Pyloric appendages in very great number. 

 Northern parts of the Atlantic ; Mediterranean. 



1. Lampris luna, 



Sihhahl, Scotia lUiistr. pi. G. f. 3 (l)ad) ; Mortimer, Philos. Trans, xlvi. 



p. 518. tab. 4 ; Stroem, Scendmer, i. p. 323. tab. 1. f. 20 ; Mull. 



Prodr. Zool. Dan. p. 44. no. 370. 

 Opah sive Zeus opah, Penn. Arct. Zool. Stippl. p. 119, and Brit. Zool. 



ill. p. 223. pi. 42, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 299. pi. 46; Sowerhy, Brit. 



3Iisc. pi. 22. 

 Poisson lime, Dnhamel, Peches, iii. p. 74. tab. 17. 

 Scomber pelagicus, Gunner in Dronth. Selsk. Skr. iv. p. 80. taf. 12. 



f. 1 (not good). 

 Zeus lima, L. Gm. i. p. 1225 ; Bl. Scht. p. 9G ; Donov. Brit. Fishes, v. 



pi. 97. 

 giittatus, Briinn. in Danske Selsk. Skr. Ny. Udg. 1788, iii. p. 398. 



tab. A ; HoUen in Naturh. Selsk. Skr. v. p. 129; Faher, Fische Islands, 



p. 132. 

 Lampris guttatus, Retzius, I. c; Holtenin Zool. Dan. iv. tab. 144; Cuv. 



ISf Val. X. p. 39. pi. 282; Cuv. Rhine Anim. Ml. Pom. pi. 61. f. 1; 



Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, i. p. 194; Parn. Fishes Frith of Forth, p. 63, 



pi. 27 ; Gaim. Voy. en Islande et au Gro'enl. Zool. Poiss. pi. 10. 

 Scomber gunneri, Bl. Schn. p. 38. 

 Chrysotosus luna, Lacep. iv. p. 586. pi. 9. f. 3. 



Zeus imperialis, Shaw, Nat. Misc. iv. pi. 140, and Zool. iv. p. 289. pi. 42. 

 Lampris lima, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 341. 

 Zeus guttatus, Richards. Faun. Bar. Amer. Fishes, p. 88. 

 ? Lampris lauta, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 183, iii. p. 6, and Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 80, and Fishes of 3Iadeira, p. 27. tab. 5. 

 Skeleton: Bakker, Osteogr. Pise. 



B. 6. D. 53-55. A. 38-41. V. 1-JH6. Vert. 20/23 or 23/22 or 

 24/21. {Loive.) 



The anterior part of the dorsal is produced into a more or less 

 long point ; anal low. Body with numerous white spots ; fins red. 

 Northom parts of the Atlantic ; Mediterranean. 



«. Three feet long : stuffed. Coast of Devonshire. 



I am unable to come to a decided opinion respecting the differences 

 between the description of Cuvier and the most elaborate account 

 of Mr. Lowe. They may very well fall within the limits of individual 

 variation in a species of so large a size as Lampris. Cu\'ier, however, 

 speaks of seven branchiostegals, whilst all the other observers have 

 found only six. The difference in locality cannot be considered as of 

 great value : the northern Scomber scomber is the same as the southern. 

 The single stuffed specimen in the British Museum does not give any 

 additional light ; it appears to agree better with Mr. Lowe's descrip- 

 tion than with Cuvier's. 



