4. ARGYREIOStrs. 459 



that of the back. A blackish spot on the straight portion of the 

 lateral line. 



a,h. 1| inch long. 

 c. One inch long. 



The sheleton is so extremely similar to that of Oaranx gallus, that 

 we should not hesitate to unite both fishes in one and the same genus, 

 if the principal character of Caranx, the shielded lateral line, were 

 not lost by so doing. The pubic bones are very small in this species ; 

 the second interha^mal is united with the first, and the third and the 

 fourth have flat processes anteriorly, by which they are joined to the 

 preceding spines. 



2. Argyreiosus setipinnis. 



Silver-fish, Fmind, Dampier's Voi/. p. 8. f. 8. 



Rhomboida, Brown, Jamaica, p. 455. 



Poisson lune, Desmarchais, Voii. ii. p. 23 : Barbot, Collect, of Voii. 



pi. F. f. 128. •' '' 



Zeus setapinnis, 3Iitcli. Trans. Lit. SePMl. Sac. New York, i. p. 384. 



pi. 1. f. 9. 

 Vomer brownii, Cuv. Begne Anim. ; Agass. Spix, Pise. Bras. p. 110. 



tab. 57 ; Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 189. pi. 256 ; Cuv. Begne Anim. Bl. Poiss. 



pi. 59. f. 3 ; Dckag, Neic York Fauna, Fishes, p. 127. pi. 25. f. 78 ; 



Cruichen. in Bamon de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Poiss. p. 116. 

 Skeleton : Agass. Poiss. Foss. v. p. 17. pi. A. 



^•8|il^- ^-^o- ^-l/S- Vert. 10/14. 



The spinous dorsal and the ventrals short, little developed ; the soft 

 dorsal and the anal not elongate. The height of the body is lf-2i 

 in the total length. The highest point of the upper profile is above 

 the eye. Unifonn silveiy. 



Pyloric appendages very numerous. 



Atlantic ; coast of Peru. 



A. The height of the body is more than one-half the total length ; 

 D. 8 I — . A. ^—. Perhaps a species. 



a. Fine specimen. Fernando Po. From Mi\ Fraser's Collection. 



I). Fine specimen. S. Domingo. Pm-chased of Mr. Cuming. 



c, d. Half-grown. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



e,f. Half-grown: skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



g-i. Young : skins. Jamaica. 



k. Adult : skin. West Indies. 



I. Adult: stuff'ed. Bahia. 



m. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



71. Yoimg: veiy bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



0. Yoimg. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



B. The height of the body is less than one-half of the total length ; 

 D. 8 I ^. A. ~. Perhaps a species. 



a. Adult. St. Vincent. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



