462 CAlUNGIDiK. 



6. SERIOLA*. 



Seriola, pt., Cm: livgne Anhn. ; Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 200. 



Body oblong, sliglitly compressed, with the abdomen roimdcd, 

 covered with small or rudimentary scales ; cleft of the mouth mode- 

 rate or rather wide. The first dorsal continuous, with the spines 

 rather feeble ; the second and the anal much more developed, without 

 detached finlets. Generally a pair of spines before the anal, remote 

 IVom the remainder of the fin. Lateral line not armed. Pra?oper- 

 culum not denticulated. The teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and 

 the palatine bones form villiform bands. Branchiostegals seven; 

 air-bladder simple. Pyloric appendages in great number. 



Inhabitants of nearly aU the temperate and tropical seas. 



1. Seriola dumerilii. 



Caranx dumerilii, Hisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 175. 



Seriola dumerilii, Eisso, Etcr. Merid. iii. p. 424; Cuv. ^- Val. ix. 



p. 201. pi. 258 ; Cuv. Rk/ne Anim. HI. Poiss. pi. 56. f. 1 : Guichen. 



Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 62 ; Webb Sf- Berthel. lies Canar. Poiss. p. 57. 

 Seriola purpm-ascens, S. auro-vittata, et S. quinque-radiata, RicharcU. 



Ichth. Chin. p. 271 (not Schlerj.). 

 purpiuascens, Schley. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 113. pi. 61 ; Bleck. 



Verhand. Batav. Genoutsch. xxvi. Ja^xin, p. 103. 



D. 7 1 _1_. A. 2 U. Ctec. pylor. 50-60. Vert. 10/14. 



Scales very small. The height of the body is 3|-3|^ in the total 

 length, the length of the head four times. The snout is subconical, 

 of moderate extent, and 1| the length of the diameter of the eye ; 

 the maxillary reaches neaiiy to the vertical from the centre of the 

 eye. Abdomen broad, not compressed ; the ventrals are of moderate 

 length, one-half the distance between theii' base and that of the anal. 



Mediterranean ; Seas of Japan and China. 



a. European variety. Coloration uniform ; back bhiish, beUy sil- 

 very. 

 a. Pine specimen. Mediterranean. 



ft. Japanese variety. Coloration uniform ; back pui^lish, belly 

 silvery. 



h. Fine specimen. China. Presented by J. P. Reeves, Esq. 

 c. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. P. Reeves, Esq. 



Schlegel states that the spinous dorsal commences in a vertical 

 drawn from the base of the pectoral in Seriola dumerilii, whilst in 

 S. purpurascens its origin is situated in a vertical from behind the 

 base of the pectoral. I have found the position of this fin exactly 

 the same in Mediterranean specimens as in Chinese, namely behind 

 the vertical from the base of the pectoral. 



* 1. Seriola boscii, Cuv. ^- Frd. ix. p. 209.— Coast of Cnrolina. 

 2. suceineta, C'ui'. t^ Trt/. ix. ii. 218. — Atlantic. 



